Mithraic Figure. Nearly life size, much larger scale than any of late Mithraeum or Sol group.

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3rd century A.D

Medium: Paint on Plaster
Dimensions: 12 13/16 × 16 9/16 in. (32.5 × 42 cm)
Credit Line: Yale-French Excavations at Dura-Europos
Accession Number: 1935.99d
Geography: Excavated in Dura-Europos, Syria
Culture: Syrian, Dura-Europos
Period: Roman (3rd century A.D.)
Classification: Paintings
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Provenance

Excavated by the Yale-French Excavations at Dura-Europos (Mithraeum), present-day Syria, 1928–37; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

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