Mithras relief

Product description

The relief is crafted after a depiction from the Mithras cult, based upon a Mithras altar piece from Aalen. The original is nowadays held as part of the collection of the slate museum in Aalen.

Mithras was a religion that presumably originated in Persia. The scene depicted on the relief shows the slaughter of a bull. Mithras wears a Roman tunic. Whilst killing the bull, he turns away his face — much as Perseus turns away from Medusa at the moment of her death.

The relief is constructed from plaster alabaster and measures 15 x 12.5 cm. The reverse is fitted with a hook so that it may be hung upon a wall.