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Mithras with the bow
A statue of Mithras with a bow was found on the pit of the Mithraeum of Dieburg.
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14 Aug 2021
Updated on 15 Aug 2021
Mithras with a boutstatue in yellow sandstone
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Statue in yellow sandstone (H. 0.39 Br. 0.22 D. 0.025-0.075), found in the pit of the Mithraeum. Inv. No. 145/52.
Mithras dressed in tunic and long shoulder-cape is standing next to an altar. He holds in his l.h. a bow and in his r.h. an indistinct object (arrow?). The head and the feet are lost (water-miracle). Next to his r.leg is a vase.
Behn, 29, No. 3 and fig 28; Esp. Rec. Germ., 168 No. 248. See fig. 326.
Mithras dressed in tunic and long shoulder-cape is standing next to an altar. He holds in his l.h. a bow and in his r.h. an indistinct object (arrow?). The head and the feet are lost (water-miracle). Next to his r.leg is a vase.
Behn, 29, No. 3 and fig 28; Esp. Rec. Germ., 168 No. 248. See fig. 326.
Data
- Location
Found in the pit of the Mithraeum, Dieburg (Germany) - Current location
Museum Schloss Fechenbach Dieburg (Germany) - Type
- Labels
- Dimensions H. 39 W. 22 D. 7.5 cm
- Material Sandstone
- Canonical URI
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- CIMRM 1249
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