Monumentum
Submission scene from Barberini
This scene of the main fresco of the Mithraeum Barberini seems to depict part of the initiation into the Mithraic Mysteries.
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25 May 2021
Updated on 18 May 2022
One of the frescoes of Mithraeum Barberini
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Mithras, dressed in a white tunic with long sleeves, red anaxyrides and red cloak, lays with his l.h. a crown on the head of Sol, who is knelt down before him and who raises his both hands up to him. Above Sol's head Mithras holds with his r.h. a brown object (club?; cap?).
Data
- Location
Mitreo Barberini, Roma, Latium (Italia) Rome (Italy) - Type
- Labels
- Discovery date 1936
- Canonical URI
mithraeum.eu/monument/283
Related
- Mithraeum Mitreo Barberini
- Monumentum Mitreo Barberini
- Monumentum Major fresco of the Mitreo Barberini
- Monumentum Marble slab with inscription from Mitreo Barberini