Brown sard gem: Mithras slaying the bull

PP-ID:

PP-4446

Classification:

Mithraic amulet

Collection ID:

Southesk, N 63

Collection:

Whereabouts unknown

Collection Inventory:

N 63

Reference Numbers:

CBd, no. 4446

Former Collections:

Castellani Collection; Southesk, James Carnegie, Earl of (1827–1905)

Material:

sard (brown)

Dimensions:

5 × 4 mm

Iconography:

Mithras; tunic; mantle; cap, Phrygian; knife; bull; dog; snake; Helios; Selene; busts (2)

Brown sard gem; transverse oval, slightly convex. (Shape 6). Set in a gold mount.
"Castellani Collection (lot 996): 1884".

Side A: Mithras, turned left, dressed in a tunic, a mantle and wearing a Phrygian cap, grabbing the bull's horn with one hand and stabbing it with a knife with the other. From his left, a dog approaches the wound of the bull. Below: a snake. Above: busts of Sol and Luna.
Side B: Undecorated.

Selected bibliography
Southesk 1908 >>, 180–182, pl. 14, no. N 63.

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

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Credits After Southesk 1908, pl. 14, N 63

Notes Side A of PP-4446 (mirror image of cast)