Monumentum
Mithras killing the bull from Sidon
Sculpture of a Tauroctony from Sidon, currently Lybia.
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4 Jul 2009
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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).
Data
- CitySidon (Saida)
- Country Syria
- Current location Musée du Louvre
- Current city Paris
- Current country France
- Type
- Labels
- Dimensions H. 79 W. 87 cm
- Dating 188
- Material Marble (Parian)
- CIMRM 76
- TNM mtscsy000173
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