Monumentum
Low relief de Bourg-Saint-Andéol
The relief of Bourg-Saint-Andéol depicting Mithras killing the bull has been chiseled on the rock.
Mithraeum.eu
16 Jun 2009
Relief, hewn out in the rock (H. 1.50 Br. 2.00).
In a cave Mithras as a bullkiller. He is dressed in a flying cloak. The dog and the serpent near the wound; the scorpion at the testicles; the raven is perched on the border of the rock. In the upper corners Sol (l) in nimbus and radiate crown, and Luna (r) with a crescent on her head.
In the left lower corner, in a frame, an inscription.
In a cave Mithras as a bullkiller. He is dressed in a flying cloak. The dog and the serpent near the wound; the scorpion at the testicles; the raven is perched on the border of the rock. In the upper corners Sol (l) in nimbus and radiate crown, and Luna (r) with a crescent on her head.
In the left lower corner, in a frame, an inscription.
Main inscription
Num[ini] . . . . V . . | deum Invictum | T Fur(ius) Iu[stus?] d(e) s(ua) p(ecunia) f(ecit).
To the numina of Augustus. Titus Aurelius… has made this at his own expense.
CIL XII 2706
Data
- Location Bourg-Saint-Andéol
- City Bourg-Saint-Andéol
- Country France
- Type
- Description tags
- MMM 279
- CIMRM 896
- TNM mtrefr000146
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- Monumentum Mithraeum of Bourg-Saint-Andéol