Monumentum

Mithras carrying the bull

Sculpture depicting Mithras carrying a young bull on his shoulders.

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4 Jul 2009

Updated on 14 Apr 2022

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Mithras, in short chiton and shod, carries the young bull on his shoulders.

de Ridder, 60f No. 48 and PI. XXI (see fig. 28); Leipoldt, fig. 31; Saxl, fig. 193.

Data

Location
Mithraeum of Sidon, Sidon, Syria-Coele (Syria)
Sidon (Lebanon)

Current location
Musée du Louvre Paris (France)

Type
Sculpture Mithras
Labels
Anaxyrides Bull Chiton Chlamys Mithras taurophorus Phygian cap

Dimensions W. 0.87 D. 0.79 cm
Material Marble (Parian)

Canonical URI
mithraeum.eu/monument/158
CIMRM 77

Mithraeum Mithraeum of Sidon
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