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Figure fragment from the banquet scene at Dura-Europos
Fragment of a figure dressed like Mithras in the banquet scene, found in the rubble of the Mithraeum of Dura-Europos, Syria.
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Updated on May 2026
"Fragments of a figure dressed in the same manner as Mithras in the banquet scene, were found in the rubbish". The index finger of his r.h. seems to be pointing at something (Report, 104 and Pl. XIII, 4).