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Major fresco of the Mitreo Barberini
The votive fresco from the Mithraeum Barberini displays several scenes from Mithras's myth.
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Wall-painting in the cult-niche.
In the centre Mithras slaying the bull, whose tail seems to end in three ears. The god is dressed in a green tunica and anaxyrides and in red cloak, on which seven stars have been represented. Seven more stars are visible in the field behind him. The dog and the serpent with their heads near the blood of the wound; the scorpion on the usual place; the raven is perched on the vaulted arch of the grotto.
On either side a torchbearer in a red Eastern attire.
In the centre Mithras slaying the bull, whose tail seems to end in three ears. The god is dressed in a green tunica and anaxyrides and in red cloak, on which seven stars have been represented. Seven more stars are visible in the field behind him. The dog and the serpent with their heads near the blood of the wound; the scorpion on the usual place; the raven is perched on the vaulted arch of the grotto.
On either side a torchbearer in a red Eastern attire.
Data
- CityRoma
- Country Italy
- Type
- LabelsAionAltarAnaxyridesAquariusAriesArrowAtlasBanquetBowBullCancerCapricornCautesCautopatesChitonChlamysCypressDaggerDogEarGeminiGlobeGrottoHaloJupiterLibraLionLion-headedLunaMithrasMithras and Sol in quadrigaMithras archerMithras rock-birthMithras taurophorusNakedOceanusPhygian capPiscesRingRockSaturnScorpionSerpentSolSol in quadrigaStarsSubmissionTauroctonyThunderTorchTreeTunicVirgoZodiac
- Discovery date 1936
- CIMRM 390
- TNM mtfrit000184
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