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MITHRAS.
89
Trajan, in 100-101 a.d. (Dio, 68, 9). On the worship of
Mithras, see No. 1720.— Towneley Coll.
Parian marble. Height, 2 feet 6 inches. Length, 3 feet 7 inches.
Restored: upper part of Mithras, and both arms; ear, horns,
left foreleg, tail, and nose of bull. Ellis, Town. Gall., I., p. 284;
Clarac, IV., pi. 558a, No. 1191a ; Grceco-Roman Guide, II.,
No. 56; C.I.L., VI., Nos. 718 and 30818 (from Bianchini's
Papers, a.d. 1702-7); Cumoi.t, Mystercs de Mithra, II., p. 228,
No. 65, fig. 59. For Ti. CI. Livianus, cf. Huelsen, Berlin. Phil.
Wochenschrift, 1889, p. 684; C.I.L., VI., 30728.
1722. Attendant of Mithras (restored as Paris). Statue of a
youth, standing to the front, with the weight thrown on
his left leg, and looking slightly to his right. He wears
the Phrygian cap, a tunic with long sleeves, and a double
girdle; trousers, shoes tied over the ankle, and a cloak
fastened on the right shoulder by a brooch, and falling
over the left arm. This figure, now restored as Paris
with the apple, is in fact one of a pair of Mithraic torch-
bearers, and ought to be restored with a burning torch
held in both hands. 2nd cent. a.d. (?).
Parian marble. Height (without plinth), 4 feet 6 inches. Restored:
right arm, from elbow, with apple, left hand, with crook, both
feet, and many parts of the drapery. Two figures were found
together, in 1785, in a grotto, near the Tiber, at a distance
of five miles outside the Porta Portese. Both were restored
as figures of Paris. The present figure was sold by Jenkins
to Count Fries, and was takt-n to Vienna. The companion is now
in the Vatican. Purchased, 1846. Guattani, Mon. Ined., Apr. 1787,
pi. 3 ; p. 37 ; Zoega, Bassiril. di Roma, II., p. 15 ; Abhandlungen,
p. 94; Clarac, V., pi. 827, No. 2083; Grceco-Roman Guide, I.,
No. 162 ; Mansell, No. 1246 ; Cumont, Mysieres de Mithra, II.,
p. 209, and pi. 2 ; for the companion figure, see Cumont, ibid.
PRIAPUS.
1723. Priapus. Bearded figure, standing to the front, on a
small pedestal, raising the skirt of a long tunic with
both hands. Behind him is what appears to be the
support of a larger sculpture. There are traces of a
89
Trajan, in 100-101 a.d. (Dio, 68, 9). On the worship of
Mithras, see No. 1720.— Towneley Coll.
Parian marble. Height, 2 feet 6 inches. Length, 3 feet 7 inches.
Restored: upper part of Mithras, and both arms; ear, horns,
left foreleg, tail, and nose of bull. Ellis, Town. Gall., I., p. 284;
Clarac, IV., pi. 558a, No. 1191a ; Grceco-Roman Guide, II.,
No. 56; C.I.L., VI., Nos. 718 and 30818 (from Bianchini's
Papers, a.d. 1702-7); Cumoi.t, Mystercs de Mithra, II., p. 228,
No. 65, fig. 59. For Ti. CI. Livianus, cf. Huelsen, Berlin. Phil.
Wochenschrift, 1889, p. 684; C.I.L., VI., 30728.
1722. Attendant of Mithras (restored as Paris). Statue of a
youth, standing to the front, with the weight thrown on
his left leg, and looking slightly to his right. He wears
the Phrygian cap, a tunic with long sleeves, and a double
girdle; trousers, shoes tied over the ankle, and a cloak
fastened on the right shoulder by a brooch, and falling
over the left arm. This figure, now restored as Paris
with the apple, is in fact one of a pair of Mithraic torch-
bearers, and ought to be restored with a burning torch
held in both hands. 2nd cent. a.d. (?).
Parian marble. Height (without plinth), 4 feet 6 inches. Restored:
right arm, from elbow, with apple, left hand, with crook, both
feet, and many parts of the drapery. Two figures were found
together, in 1785, in a grotto, near the Tiber, at a distance
of five miles outside the Porta Portese. Both were restored
as figures of Paris. The present figure was sold by Jenkins
to Count Fries, and was takt-n to Vienna. The companion is now
in the Vatican. Purchased, 1846. Guattani, Mon. Ined., Apr. 1787,
pi. 3 ; p. 37 ; Zoega, Bassiril. di Roma, II., p. 15 ; Abhandlungen,
p. 94; Clarac, V., pi. 827, No. 2083; Grceco-Roman Guide, I.,
No. 162 ; Mansell, No. 1246 ; Cumont, Mysieres de Mithra, II.,
p. 209, and pi. 2 ; for the companion figure, see Cumont, ibid.
PRIAPUS.
1723. Priapus. Bearded figure, standing to the front, on a
small pedestal, raising the skirt of a long tunic with
both hands. Behind him is what appears to be the
support of a larger sculpture. There are traces of a