Monumentum
Relief head of Mithras from the Syrian coast
Fragment of a white marble relief depicting the head of Mithras with Phrygian cap and nimbus, found on the Syrian coast between Lattakieh and Tartous, first half of 2nd century A.D.
CIMRM 90Vermaseren's Corpus
The New Mithraeum
Updated on May 2026
Fragment of white marble relief (H. 0.20 Br. 0.13 D. 0.07). The exact origin is not known, but the Syrian coast between Lattakieh and Tartous is indicated as proveniance. Museum at Aleppo. First half of the 2nd cent. A.D. Will in Syria XXIX, 1952, 67 and Pl. VI, 1; 3.Head of Mithras with Phrygian cap and surrounded by a nimbus and rays. Above it part of the rock.
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