CIMRM 773-774 - Mithras with mixed Latin-Greek inscription. Merida, Spain.

Statue from the Merida Mithraeum.

CIMRM entry

773. White marble statue (H. 1.55), found in 1913. Mus. Merida, Inv. No. 581. Melida in BAH 1914, 449 No. 7 and Pl. IV; Paris in RA (S.1) XXIV, 1914, 5 No. 4 and fig. 2; AA 1914, 378 and fig. 53; Lantier, Inventaire, No. 11; Melida, Cat. Badajoz, No. 1083 with fig., Lianez, Mer., 195; Leipoldt, XIV and fig. 28; Pidal, Hist. Esp. II, 439 fig. 246; Ferri in Scritti Nogara, 173ff and Tav. XVIII, 1; Garcia y Bellido, Culto, fig. 9. See fig. 208. Standing youth (torchbearer or. Mithras himself), dressed in a tunic with splendid vaults, leans against apiece of rock, on which a dolphin with upraised tail is represented. A wide cloak, draped over his l. arm, hangs down at the back. A small remnant proves, that he wore a Phrygian cap. On his feet he wears laced boots. Head, arms and r. calf are lost. On the base an inscr.: 774. Invicto sacrum C. Curius Avitus / Acci(o) Hedychro pa(tre). Δημήτριος ἐποίει.

The Greek notes the statue-maker "Demetrius made it".