1title: MithraReliefvert
artist:
Unknown artistdimensions: H. 58 cm (22 ¾ in.), W. 67 cm (26 ¼ in.), D. 16 cm (6 ¼ in.)
current location: Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities, Denon wing, ground floor :Museum:Louvre
source: [[User:PHGCOM]], 2006
credit: User:PHGCOM, 2006
description: Double-sided 2nd-3rd century Mithraic altarpiece found near Fiano Romano, near Rome, and now in the Louvre. For full descriptions, see User:Jastrow's hi-res versions:
- mithras tauroctony Louvre Ma3441b.jpg">File:Mithras_tauroctony_Louvre_Ma3441b.jpg (obverse; tauroctony scene), and
- mithras banquet Louvre Ma3441.jpg">File:Mithras_banquet_Louvre_Ma3441.jpg (reverse; banquet scene).
license:
CC-BY-SA-3.0
2title: Roman Fragment of a Mosaic with Mithras - Walters 437
artist:
Anonymous (Roman Empire)date: 1st century (Roman)
medium: stone, glass tesserae
dimensions: size cm 60.6 (diam.); framed: size cm 78.3 78.2 6.7
current location: Acquired by Henry Walters, 1921
credit: Walters Art Museum:
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Info about artworkdescription: mithras was a Persian creation god, as well as the god of light. Mithraism, the mystery religion associated with him, spread throughout the Roman Empire. Initiation into Mithraism was restricted to men and was especially popular with soldiers in Rome and on the northern frontier during the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD.
According to the Persian myth, the sun god sent his messenger, the raven, to mithras and ordered him to sacrifice the primeval white bull. At the moment of its death, the bull became the moon, and mithras's cloak became the sky, stars, and planets. From the bull also came the first ears of grain and all the other creatures on earth. This scene of sacrifice, central to Mithraism, is called the Tauroctony and is represented as taking place in a cave, observed by Luna, the moon god, and Sol, the invincible Sun god, with whom he became associated in Roman times. mithras is generally depicted flanked by his two attendants, Cautes and Cautopates, and accompanied by a dog, raven, snake, and scorpion.
This central medallion from a floor mosaic depicts the birth of mithras. Emerging from a rock, he is flanked by his two attendants, Cautes and Cautopates. Above him flies the raven, associated with the creation myth and with the first level of initiation into his cult.license:Public domain
3title: Roman Attendant of Mithras with Signs of the Zodiac - Walters 23238
artist:
Anonymous (Roman Empire)date: 1st century
medium: Pentelic marble
dimensions: size cm height=50.4 width=28.1 depth=13.5
current location: Gift of Mr. Max Falk, 1984
credit: Walters Art Museum:
Home page Info about artworkdescription: mithras was a Persian creation god, as well as the god of light. Mithraism, the mystery religion associated with him, spread throughout the Roman Empire. Initiation into Mithraism was restricted to men and was especially popular with soldiers in Rome and on the northern frontier during the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD.
According to the Persian myth, the sun god sent his messenger, the raven, to mithras and ordered him to sacrifice the primeval white bull. At the moment of its death, the bull became the moon, and mithras's cloak became the sky, stars, and planets. From the bull also came the first ears of grain and all the other creatures on earth. This scene of sacrifice, central to Mithraism, is called the Tauroctony and is represented as taking place in a cave, observed by Luna, the moon god, and Sol, the invincible Sun god, with whom he became associated in Roman times. mithras is generally depicted flanked by his two attendants, Cautes and Cautopates, and accompanied by a dog, raven, snake, and scorpion.
This is a fragment of a relief that depicted mithras standing between his two attendants and surrounded by a circular band that included the twelve signs of the zodiac. Partial images of Capricorn, Sagittarius, and Scorpio are preserved here, as well as mithras's torch-bearing attendant Cautopates. Astrology was central to the Mithraic religion.license:Public domain
4title: Roman Amulet of Mithras Slaying the Bull, and the God Abraxas - Walters 42868 - Impression
artist:
Anonymous (Roman Empire)date: 3rd century
medium: hematite, gold mount
dimensions: size cm height=1.9 width=2.72 depth=0.45 ; H without elaborate setting: 1/2 x W: 11/16 x D: 1/8 in. (1.3 x 1.8 x 0.3 cm)
current location: Museum purchase [formerly part of the Walters Collection], 1942
credit: Walters Art Museum:
Home page Info about artworkdescription: mithras was a Persian creation god, as well as the god of light. Mithraism, the mystery religion associated with him, spread throughout the Roman Empire. Initiation into Mithraism was restricted to men and was especially popular with soldiers in Rome and on the northern frontier during the 2nd and 3rd centuries.
According to the Persian myth, the sun god sent his messenger, the raven, to mithras and ordered him to sacrifice the primeval white bull. At the moment of its death, the bull became the moon, and mithras's cloak became the sky, stars, and planets. From the bull also came the first ears of grain and all the other creatures on earth. This scene of sacrifice, central to Mithraism, is called the Tauroctony and is represented as taking place in a cave, observed by Luna, the moon god, and Sol, the invincible Sun god, with whom he became associated in Roman times. mithras is generally depicted flanked by his two attendants, Cautes and Cautopates, and accompanied by a dog, raven, snake, and scorpion.
On the front of this two-sided intaglio is the scene of mithras slaying the primeval bull. mithras, dressed in Phrygian clothing, kneels upon the bull with one leg while stabbing it with a dagger. Also present are images of Sol and Luna, a raven, a scorpion, a snake, and a dog. The back depicts Abraxas, a cock-headed, snake-tailed Near Eastern deity.license:Public domain
5title: Antique sculpture of Mithras sacrificing the bull. Wellcome M0006363
artist: unknown
source: link * Gallery: link * Wellcome Collection gallery (2018-03-23): link [link CC-BY-4.0]
credit: link Gallery: link Wellcome Collection gallery (2018-03-23): link CC-BY-4.0
description:
mithras sacrificing the bull
Wellcome Images
license:
CC BY 4.0
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7title: Bronze plaque of Mithras slaying the bull MET DP119236
artist: unknown
date: mid-2nd–early 3rd century A.D.
medium: Bronze
dimensions: Overall: 14 x 11 5/8 x 1 3/4 in. (35.6 x 29.5 x 4.4 cm)
current location: Institution:Metropolitan Museum of Art
source: link Template:TheMet
credit: This file was donated to Wikimedia Commons as part of a project by the Metropolitan Museum of Art. See the Image and Data Resources Open Access Policy
description:
Roman; Plaque of mithras killing the bull; Bronzeslicense:
CC0
8title: Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae Statue of Mithras MET DP870291
artist:
Anonymous (Antonio Lafreri)date: 1564
medium: technique etching
dimensions: sheet: 19 1/8 x 13 3/16 in. (48.5 x 33.5 cm) plate: 16 1/8 x 10 7/16 in. (41 x 26.5 cm)
current location: Institution:Metropolitan Museum of Art
source: link Template:TheMet
credit: This file was donated to Wikimedia Commons as part of a project by the Metropolitan Museum of Art. See the Image and Data Resources Open Access Policy
license:
CC0
9title: Anonymous Shrine to the God Mithras (Mithraeum) - 1935.100 - Yale University Art Gallery
artist:
date: 0240
credit: link
license:Public domain
title: Anonymous Painting of Mithras and Sol from the Middle Mithraeum - 1935.99 - Yale University Art Gallery
artist:
date: 0210
credit: link
license:Public domain
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