Monumentum
Mithraeum of Memphis (Kom Dafbaby)
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28 May 2007
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Detail of the Tauroctony of Hermopolis
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Tauroctony of Hermopolis
Michael Fuller
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At about a mile's distance from the village of Mit-Rahine near Memphis a Mithraeum has been discovered, which itself has not yet been described. The finds have beeu transported to the Museum of Cairo.
Marble relief (H. 0.92 Br. 0.69). Inv. No. 85747.
Virey, Gizeh, 95 No. 296 and 296bis; MMM II 407 and 520ff No. 285 with fig.; Wiedemann in Wiener Zeitschr.f. die Kunde des Morgenlandes XXXI, 1924, 310f; Maspero, Guide Caire, 219 No. 990; J. Strzygowsky, Catalogue general du Musee de Caire4, s.d., 9ff with fig. (see fig. 34).
Marble relief (H. 0.92 Br. 0.69). Inv. No. 85747.
Virey, Gizeh, 95 No. 296 and 296bis; MMM II 407 and 520ff No. 285 with fig.; Wiedemann in Wiener Zeitschr.f. die Kunde des Morgenlandes XXXI, 1924, 310f; Maspero, Guide Caire, 219 No. 990; J. Strzygowsky, Catalogue general du Musee de Caire4, s.d., 9ff with fig. (see fig. 34).
Data
- Location Memphis
- Country Egypt
- Latitude and longitude 31.254278, 29.849667
- Type
- Discovery date 1847
- CIMRM 91
- TNM mmteeg000044
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- Monumentum Tauroctony of Memphis
- Monumentum Tauroctony from Hermopolis