Monumentum
Taurcotony sculpture from Sidon
The Mithras killing the bull sculpture from Sidon, currently Libya.
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4 Jul 2009
Updated on 15 Apr 2022
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Mithras in Eastern attire, girded with a sheath, kills with a large dagger the bull. The dog with collar, the snake and the scorpion on the usual place.
On the bottom border an inscription.
According to E. Will, the sculptures are dated to the year 389 A.D.; but according to the Seleucid era the Sidon sculptures are from 188 A.D. Ct. Le Roy Campbell in Berytus XI, 1954, 26 n.t.
de Ridder, 59f No. 47 and PI. XX (see fig. 27).
On the bottom border an inscription.
According to E. Will, the sculptures are dated to the year 389 A.D.; but according to the Seleucid era the Sidon sculptures are from 188 A.D. Ct. Le Roy Campbell in Berytus XI, 1954, 26 n.t.
de Ridder, 59f No. 47 and PI. XX (see fig. 27).
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- Location
Mithraeum of Sidon, Sidon, Syria-Coele (Syria) Sidon (Lebanon) - Current location
Musée du Louvre [AO22256] Paris (France) - Type
- Labels
- Dimensions H. 79 W. 87 D. cm
- Dating 188
- Material Marble (Parian)
- Canonical URI
mithraeum.eu/monument/156
- CIMRM 76
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