CIMRM Supplement - Lamp with tauroctony - probably Nike rather than Mithras. Bologna, Italy.
By Professor Michael J. Fuller, 2017.
By Professor Michael J. Fuller, 2017.
By Professor Michael J. Fuller, 2017.
Terracotta lamp in the Museo civico archeologico di Bologna, with a depiction of a figure slaying the bull. Inv. 6077. But the figure seems to have wings, and so is perhaps an example of female Nike / Victory slaying the bull.
Dr Fuller writes:
I bought a book in Bologna, Italy about the Roman oil lamps in their city museum collection. That wing of the museum is closed for the next 2 years. One image is identified as a lamp showing Mithras. The lamp number is on page 20 and discussion on page 21.
Bibliography
- Gioia Meconcelli, Ernesto De Carolis, Museo civico archeologico di Bologna, Lucerne romane: breve storia dell'illuminazione nell'antica Roma : Bologna, Museo civico archeologico, 25 marzo - 22 giugno 1997, Il Museo, 1997. 44 p. Google Books.
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