Sol and Mithras fresco of Dura Europos
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Mithras, on the right side reclining to the left, has wide eyes, curly hair, a Phrygian cap. He wears a Persian dress, a long sleeved tunic with embroidered 'manchettes', a leather (?) collar divided in squares, each square being adorned with a precious stone, an embroidered front stripe going down the tunic, and a leather belt divided like the collar in squares, with a precious stone set into the centre of each.
Data
- Location
Mithraeum of Dura Europos, (Syria) Tal hal Hariri / Es-Sâlihiyeh (Syria) - Current location
Yale University Art Gallery New Heaven (Connecticut) (United States of America) - Type
- Labels
- Dating 210
- Canonical URI
mithraeum.eu/monument/203
- CIMRM 49
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