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Mithras head of Arles

This head of Italian marble, found at Arles, probably belongs to a sculpure of Mithras.
Head of Mithras from Arles.

Head of Mithras from Arles.
Michel wal 

 
 
The New Mithraeum
25 Oct 2023
 

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Head of Italian marble, found at Arles (H. 0.29). Museum Arles.

Curly head with pathetic expression in Phrygian cap. Probably Mithras.

Bazin, Arles, 136 No. 11; Peyre, Nimes, 80; Esp. Rec. Gaule III, 370 No. 2534 and fig.

This monument comes from the Roman circus, according to the museum.