Sidon Mithraeum

Former mithraeum discovered in Sidon, kept in the Louvre

33°33′51″N 35°22′20″E / 33.56417°N 35.37222°E / 33.56417; 35.37222

Estimated location of the Mithraeum at Sidon, in 1900-1920 aerial photo, pointing to 33°33′51″N 35°22′20″E / 33.56417°N 35.37222°E / 33.56417; 35.37222

The Sidon Mithraeum was a Mithraeum in Sidon, Lebanon, discovered in the late 19th century by Edmond Durighello and now lost.

It is thought to be located under the car park of the St. Nicholas Greek church in Sidon, but has not been excavated in modern times.[1]

Statues

A dozen statues from the Mithraeum were donated by Edmond Durighello to the Louvre, where they remain on display today. They have been catalogued in the Corpus Inscriptionum et Monumentorum Religionis Mithriacae as numbers 74–87.

Gallery of statues at the Louvre

  • Cautes
    Cautes
  • Mithras carrying the bull
    Mithras carrying the bull
  • Cautopates
    Cautopates
  • Mithraic tauroctony
    Mithraic tauroctony
  • Cautes
    Cautes
  • Mithraic Kronos
    Mithraic Kronos
  • Cautes
    Cautes

External links

  • Durighello's Letter about the Sidon Mithraeum (in French and English), also at [1]

References

  1. ^ Saint-Jalm, Jean-Marie (2013). "Vers la localisation du mithraeum de Sidon". Topoi (in French). 18 (1). PERSEE Program: 295–313. doi:10.3406/topoi.2013.2468. ISSN 1161-9473.
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