Category:Louvre MR 818

**Mithra, Persian sun god, sacrificing the bull**
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Instance of	relief sculpture;
Main subject	Tauroctony;
Made from material	marble;
Collection	Louvre-Lens;
Inventory number	MR 818 (Louvre Museum);
Width	275 cm;
Height	254 cm;
Religion or worldview	Mithraic mysteries;
Authority file
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Mithra, Persian sun god, sacrificing the bull

Artist

Unknown author

Title

Français : Relief représentant Mithra, dieu iranien du Soleil, sacrifiant le taureau

Object type

relief sculpture

Description

Provenance: Capitoline Hill, Rome, Italy

Date

between circa 100 and circa 200

Medium

marble

Dimensions

height: 254 cm (100 in); width: 275 cm (108.2 in); thickness: 80 cm (31.4 in)

Collection

Louvre-Lens (Inventory)

	Native name	Louvre-Lens
	Location	Lens
	Coordinates	50° 25′ 50″ N, 2° 48′ 12″ E
	Established	2012
	Website	http://www.louvrelens.fr/
	Authority file	: Q405543 VIAF: 173380426 LCCN: no2013020577 SUDOC: 149161417 BNF: 16652935p NKC: ko2017960190 WorldCat

Current location

Louvre-Lens, Galerie du Temps (2013) (4 December 2012-3 December 2013, liste), object # 66

Accession number

MR 818

Object history

1807: purchased from Borghese Collection

Exhibition history

La Galerie du temps, Louvre-Lens

References

Lucie Streiff-Rivail; Isabelle Pelletier, Charles-Hilaire Valentin, Nicolas Neumann, Lydia Labadi, Astrid Bargeton, Loïc Levêque, Sarah Zhiri, Michel Brousset, Béatrice Bourgerie, Mélanie Le Gros, Henri Loyrette, Xavier Dectot, Daniel Percheron, Jean-Luc Martinez, Vincent Pomarède (November 2012) (in French) Louvre-Lens, le guide 2013, p. 119 ISBN: 978-2-36838-002-4.

Media in category "Louvre MR 818"

The following 16 files are in this category, out of 16 total.

0 Relief représentant la chien de Mithra - Louvre-Lens.JPG 5,184 × 3,456; 8.64 MB
0 Relief représentant Mithra - Louvre-Lens (1).JPG 3,888 × 2,592; 6.43 MB
0 Relief représentant Mithra - Louvre-Lens (2).JPG 2,616 × 2,516; 5.6 MB
0 Relief représentant Mithra - Louvre-Lens (3).jpg 5,184 × 3,456; 10.38 MB
Groupe sculpté représentant Mithra.jpg 3,240 × 3,219; 8.56 MB
Lens - Inauguration du Louvre-Lens le 4 décembre 2012, la Galerie du Temps, n° 066.JPG 3,648 × 2,736; 3.91 MB
Lens Mithra.jpg 5,152 × 3,864; 5.03 MB
Louvre MR 818 recto.JPG 6,000 × 4,000; 7.02 MB
Louvre MR 818 verso.JPG 6,000 × 4,000; 6.49 MB
Mithra louvre lens 01.JPG 2,736 × 3,648; 2.42 MB
Mithra louvre lens 02.JPG 2,736 × 3,648; 2.3 MB
Mithra sacrifiant le Taureau-005.JPG 2,134 × 2,452; 1.13 MB
Musée Louvre-Lens Mythra dieu du soleil.JPG 4,912 × 3,264; 3.94 MB
Relief representing Mithra J1.jpg 5,264 × 3,549; 12.19 MB
Tauroctony relief representing Mithras sacrificing the bull (CIMRM 415-416), around 100-200 AD, from the Capitoline Hill in Rome (Italy), Louvre Lens, France.jpg 4,769 × 3,240; 8.26 MB
Visitor in front of a relief J1.jpg 5,237 × 3,576; 10.14 MB

Category:Louvre MR 818

Media in category "Louvre MR 818"

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