Monumentum

Dionysus group marble of London

Marble group of Dionysus accompanied by a Silenus on a donkey, a satyr and a menead.

PublishedMithraeum.eu

30 Apr 2010

Updated on 21 Mar 2022

Walbrook Mithraeum Bacchus group
J M C Toynbee
Dioniso del Mitreo de Londres
Wolfram

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'Small marble group which shows the god Dionysus reaching up to a vine; on the left is Silenus on a donkey, and, above, on the tree-trunk, the leg of a goat; to the right of Dionysus is a satyr; and, further right, a maenad carrying a wine-vessel, with a leopard at her feet' (Grimes in ILN, 636).

The base carries an inscription:

Hominibus bagisbitam.

Data

Location
Mithraeum of London, Londinium, Britannia superior (Britannia)
London (United Kingdom)

Current location
Museum of London [18496] London (United Kingdom)

Type
Sculpture
Labels
Inscription

Dating 4th century
Discovery date 1954
Material Marble

Canonical URI
mithraeum.eu/monument/195
CIMRM 822, 823
EDH HD018015
RIB 1

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