The New Mithraeum
Updated on May 2026
Marble head (H. 0.15), found under the threshold of the Iseum at Cyrene. Ghislanzoni, Sant. Div. Al., 164f with fig. 7; Cumont in JS 1927, 318ff; P. Romanelli, La Cirenaica romana, Roma 1943, 223.Head with locks of hair and Phrygian cap. Mouth half-open; pathetical expression. Nose damaged. Very probably the head of Mithras as bull-killer. End of second or begin of third cent. A.D.
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