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Summary

Description Leontocephaline of the Mithraic mysteries. This line drawing is of the figure found at the mithraeum of C. Valerius Heracles and sons (dedicated 190 AD) at Ostia Antica, Italy. Vermaseren catalogue number: CIMRM 312. The identity of the leontocephaline is not certain, but it is almost certainly neoplatonic, and is commonly assumed to be in some way related to Aion.
Date (perhaps adopted from an earlier source)
Source Franz Cumont, TMMM I (1896, Bruxelles: Lamartin), p. 238
Author Unknown authorUnknown author

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Drawing of the lion-headed figure found at the Mithraeum of C. Valerius Heracles and sons, dedicated 190 CE at Ostia Antica, Italy (CIMRM 312)

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current16:38, 13 June 2023Thumbnail for version as of 16:38, 13 June 2023198 × 500 (29 KB)Salnitrumgreater
15:57, 15 February 2009Thumbnail for version as of 15:57, 15 February 2009144 × 399 (63 KB)Shakko{{Information |Description=Mithra |Source=from german book |Date=19 c. drawing |Author=unknown |Permission= |other_versions= }} Category:Mithra <!--{{ImageUpload|basic}}-->

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