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Monumentum

CIMRM 148

Relief (proportion unknown) found in 1861 making excavations in the cavalry barracks at SHif.
CIMRM 148

CIMRM 148
Vermaseren's Corpus

 
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TNMM 874 ↔ CIMRM 148

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Relief (proportion unknown) found in 1861 making excavations in the cavalry barracks at SHif. Kept in 1873 in the garden of the commander of the engineers at SHif, nowadays in the Museum. Pelletier, Echo de Setil, 1861; Mac earthy in Rec. Const., 1863,259 and 1871, 51; Heron de Villefosse in RA 1876, 139; more detailed bibliography in elL VIII 8440; MMM II 405 No. 283 and fig. 328, L. Leschi, Algerie antique, Paris 1952, PI. 156. Our fig. 43 kindly procured by Dr. L. Leschi, Director ofthe Antiquities in Algeria. The primitive relief represents Mithras as killer of the bull, walking to the right. Underneath his flying cloak the god wears a scaled armour. Dog, snake and scorpion are present as well as the raven represented as a duck. In the upper corners the busts 96 AFRICA of Luna (1) with crescent behind her shoulders and of Sol(r) in radiate crown. On a band, representing the cave, an inscription (No. 149). Traces of red painting were visible (Heron de Villefosse).

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