Mithraistic Genius with a torch and a double-headed axe
Marble.
1st cent. BCE - 4th cent. CE.
Inv. No. AO 22261.Paris, Louvre MuseumPhoto by Ilya Shurygin

Mithraistic Genius with a torch and a double-headed axe.

Marble.
1st cent. BCE - 4th cent. CE.
Inv. No. AO 22261.

Paris, Louvre Museum.

Origin:
From mithraeum in Sidon (Lebanon) discovered by Edmond Durighello in 1887.
Credits:
© 2013. Photo: Ilya Shurygin.
Data: museum annotation.
Keywords: ρωμαϊκή μυθολογία mythologia romana roman mythology mitologia römische mythologie romaine γκένιους genius genio γλυπτική sculptura sculpture sculptural scultura skulptur asia minor quiver faretra köcher pharetra cucurum φαρέτρα chitone chiton khiton χιτών cloak mantello mantel manteau μανδύα fastener clasp brooch fibbia spilla fibel schließe fibule fibula phrygian cap berretto frigio cappello berretina phrygische mütze bonnet phrygien maeonia mitra torch torcia fackel torche flambeau δαυλός topboot boot boots stivali stiefel stiefeln bottes double-headed axe ascia a doppio taglio bipenne doppelaxt amazonenaxt hache à double tranchant labrys bipennis λάβρυς mithras mitraistic mithraistic mithriaque mithraeum sidon mitreo inv no ao 22261