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Monumentum

CIMRM 117

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TNMM 856 ↔ CIMRM 117

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Prof. Giacomo Caputo gave us the following informations: "In Sabratha, proveniente dalla zona presso l' Anfiteatro, cioe dalle necropoli, esiste la parte inferiore d'una casetta 0 cinerario di marmo bianco (H. 0.135 Br. 0.34 D. 0.30) con parete spesso m. 0.04. SuI davanti e una scena a rilievo; sui fianchi la superficie e suddivisa in parti quadrangolari come a rappresentare un mura di conci; suI rovescio e grezza. La scena posa su un piccolo zoccolo semplicemente ornato di tratti ondulati ed obbliqui come in ramo estremamente stilizzato. Ai fianchi e la parte inferiore di due fusti 0 colonnette sorgenti da due cespi di acanto abbozzati appena. Sui due fusti sembra appoggiarsi la parte inferiore di un oggetto cornucopia ?). E rappresentato Mitra che uccide il toro, fra scudi e qua1che altro oggetto." If the monument really is a representation of Mithras as a bull-killer and not a Victoria, it is very important for our knowledge of the Mithraists for whom their god also was a helper in the after-life.

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