Red jasper gem; transverse oval, both faces flat, rounded edges.  (Shape 9c).
Donation of Armand Delatte in March 1962. Acquired in Athens.

Side A: Undecorated.
Side B: Mithras half-kneeling in the centre, to right, his head also to right, nude, slaying a bull with a knife held in his raised left hand. On the right: a leaping dog. Below the bull: a snake. The scene is flanked by a naked female figure on each side, hands held up in adoration. The scene is located in a cave with  the sun on the right, and a crescent moon on the left.

Selected bibliography
• Mastrocinque 2014 >>, 155, no. 415; click here for the full-text excerpt.

Further resources on PP-3649
• Catalogue en ligne des Médailles et Antiques de la BnF

L. Bricault – R. Veymiers
w/ Phoinix-team, 2025

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