Marble head of Helios-Mithras from the Mitreo degli Animali

The New Mithraeum

12 Jun 2026

TNMM 931 ↔ CIMRM 281

Marble head. Lateran Museum.

Head of Helios-Mithras with curly hair, in which seven holes for fastening rays. In the sanctuary the following inscriptions were discovered:

References

Becatti, 91 and Pl. XXXII, 4.

Vermaseren, Maarten Jozef (1956) Corpus Inscriptionum et Monumentorum Religionis Mithriacae

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