CIMRM 2186 - Mithras riding the bull, from Sibiu, Romania.
CIMRM entry
From Transylvania.
2186.
White marble base (H. 1.00 Br. 0.34-0.44 D. 0.29-0.34) from Transsylvania.
Sibiu (= Hermannstadt = Nagy Szeben), Museum Brukenthal. Inv. No. 7274.
de Hammer, Mithriaca, 103 No. LIV and Pl. XI,2; Lajard, Intr., Pl. XCIX, 1; Rappen, Nachricht, 17 No. XI, 2; MMM II 319 No. 208 and fig. 181. See fig. 597.
Mithras riding the bull. The god holds a burning torch in his r.h.
| 1 | J. A. Ezquerra, Romanising Oriental Gods, p.xviii. |
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