Mithraic relief

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Author name
Geoffrey Marchal
Source
Sketchfab
Polygon Count
586,863
Release Date
2018-12-03
License
CC BY 4.0
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Mithraic relief, Naples, 3rd century CE, marble. Musée d'Art et d'Histoire (Musée du Cinquantenaire, Brussels, Belgium). Made with ReMake and ReCap pro. The scene represents Mithra killing the bull. The tail of the animal ends with three ears. A snake and a dog come to lick the blood flowing from the wound, a scorpion pinches the testicles. In the upper right corner is the bust of the Moon. A raven, half preserved, is perched on a rock behind the god. For more updates, please consider to follow me on Twitter at @GeoffreyMarchal.