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Monumentum

Mithras on a horse

This small bronze statuette of Mithras riding a horse is composed of two pieces.
  • Statuette of Mithras on Horseback, 1st–2nd century A.D.

    Statuette of Mithras on Horseback, 1st–2nd century A.D.
    The J. Paul Getty Museum, Villa Collection 

  • Statuette of Mithras on Horseback, 1st–2nd century A.D.

    Statuette of Mithras on Horseback, 1st–2nd century A.D.
    The J. Paul Getty Museum, Villa Collection 

  • Statuette of Mithras on Horseback, 1st–2nd century A.D.

    Statuette of Mithras on Horseback, 1st–2nd century A.D.
    The J. Paul Getty Museum, Villa Collection 

 
 
The New Mithraeum
30 Nov 2022
 

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Provenance: Royal Athena Galleries (New York) sold to the J. Paul Getty Museum in 1971.Oikonomides, Al. N. Mithraic Art. Chicago: 1975, pp. 85-91; figs. 30-32. Duchesne-Guillemin, Marcelle. 'Une statuette equestre de Mithra,' Etudes Mithraiques: Actes du 2e Congres International, Teheran, 1-8 Septembre 1975. Acta Iranica IV, pp. 201-204. Leiden: Brill, 1978, pl. XIII.