Category:Mithras carrying the bull Louvre AO22257

**Mithras carrying the bull**
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Instance of	sculpture;
Main subject	Mitra;
Depicts	Mitra, bull, phrygian cap and chiton
Made from material	marble;
Location	Room 181, Denon Wing, Louvre Palace, 1st arrondissement of Paris, Paris Centre, Paris, Grand Paris
Location of discovery	Sidon Mithraeum;
Owned by	French State;
Collection	Department of Near Eastern Antiquities of the Louvre;
Inventory number	AO 22257 (Department of Near Eastern Antiquities of the Louvre);
Inception	389;
Width	32 cm;
Height	87.5 cm;
Authority file
	Q111738087; Louvre Museum ARK ID: 010120307
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Mithras carrying the bull Louvre AO22257

Mithras carrying the bull

Title

Mithras carrying the bull

Object type

sculpture

Description

English: Mithras, in short chiton and shod, carrying the bull on his shoulders

Français : Mithra Taurophore (portant le taureau)

Date

389

Medium

white marble

Dimensions

height: 87.5 cm (34.4 in)

; width: 32 cm (12.5 in)

; thickness: 38 cm (14.9 in)

Collection

Louvre Museum (Inventory)

	Native name	Louvre Museum
	Location	1st arrondissement of Paris , France
	Coordinates	48° 51′ 40″ N, 2° 20′ 09″ E
	Established	10 August 1793
	Website	www.louvre.fr
	Authority file	: Q19675 VIAF: 257711507 ISNI: 000000012260177X ULAN: 500125189 LCCN: n80020283 NLA: 35912436 WorldCat

Current location

Orient méditerranéen dans l'empire romain, room 3a: Art funéraire du Proche-Orient. Denon, Entresol.
This work is part of the collections of the Louvre (Department of Near Eastern Antiquities).

Accession number

AO 22257

Place of discovery

Sidon Mithraeum

Object history

1887: discovered by Edmond Durighello (Sidon)
1967: given by Henri de Boisgelin

Exhibition history

Le Mystère Mithra (Toulouse), Musée Saint-Raymond, 14 May 2022 -

References

Musée du Louvre, Atlas database: entry 37434

Authority file

: Q111738087
Louvre: 010120307

Media in category "Mithras carrying the bull Louvre AO22257"

The following 5 files are in this category, out of 5 total.

Mithras carrying the bull Louvre AO22257 n01.jpg 3,317 × 4,978; 5.39 MB
Mithras carrying the bull Louvre AO22257 n02.jpg 3,319 × 4,425; 6.01 MB
Siria, sculture del mitreo di sidon, 389 dc, mitra tauroforo.JPG 1,376 × 2,928; 2.26 MB
Statue of Parian marble depicting Mithras, in short chiton and shod, carrying the bull on his shoulders, from the Mithraeum at Sidon (Colonia Aurelia Pia, Syria), Louvre Museum (9365065736).jpg 3,027 × 4,216; 9.2 MB
Statue of Parian marble depicting Mithras, in short chiton and shod, carrying the bull on his shoulders, from the Mithraeum at Sidon (Colonia Aurelia Pia, Syria), Louvre Museum (9365101828).jpg 3,035 × 4,225; 9.36 MB

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