Monumentum
Mithraeum of Dura Europos
The most relevant of the Syran Mithraea was discovered in 1934.
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20 May 2007
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Franz Cumont poses in front of the main altar at the Mithraeum of Dura Europos
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Plano de la primera reconstrucción del Mitreo de Dura-Europos, a partir del 210 d.C.
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Vista general del emplazamiento del Mitreo de Dura Europos
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Plano del primer Mitreo de Dura-Europos (168 d.C.). El santuario estaba limitado a la zona A.
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Relieves del altar del Mitreo de Dura Europos
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Detail of fresco Mithras Hunting from Dura Europos
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Detail of fresco Mithras Hunting from Dura Europos
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Fresque du Mithraeum de Dura Europos. La chasse de Mithra à cheval.
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One of the tauroctony reliefs from Dura Europos
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In February 1934 a Mithraeum was discovered on the N.W. side inside the rampart of Dura-Europos (Es-Sâlihiyeh) between gate 24 and 23. After the excavations it was transported to New Haven, Gallery of Fine Arts of Yale University.
Rostovtzeff in RM 49,1934, 180ff; cf. BCR 1934 (Not.) 121f; AJA XXXIX 1935, 4f; 147; 259f and 293ff; Mouterde in MUSJ XIX, 1935, 123f; Dussaud in Syria XVI, 1935, 313ff; Cumont in CRAI 1934, 90ff; Hopkins in ILN 8 Dec.
Rostovtzeff in RM 49,1934, 180ff; cf. BCR 1934 (Not.) 121f; AJA XXXIX 1935, 4f; 147; 259f and 293ff; Mouterde in MUSJ XIX, 1935, 123f; Dussaud in Syria XVI, 1935, 313ff; Cumont in CRAI 1934, 90ff; Hopkins in ILN 8 Dec.
Data
- Location Dura Europos
- City Tal hal Hariri / Es-Sâlihiyeh / As Salhiyah
- Country Syria
- Latitude and longitude 40.727799, 34.746514
- Current location Yale University Art Gallery
- Current city New Heaven
- Current country United States of America
- Type
- Dating 168
- CIMRM 34
- TNM mmtesy000034
Related
- Monumentum Relieve de Dura Europos
- Monumentum Fresco de Mitra y Sol, Dura Europos
- Monumentum Mithras hunting from Dura Europos
- Monumentum Main Tauroctony relief from Dura Europos