Engraved brooch depicting Mithras kneeling on a bull he is about to slay

Details

• Title

  Engraved brooch depicting Mithras kneeling on a bull he is about to slay

• Associated place

  The Roman World › Italy › Italia › Ostia (place of purchase)

• Date

  2nd century AD (AD 101 - 200)

• Material and technique

  copper alloy

• Material index

  processed material › metal › alloy › copper alloy

• Object type

  personal ornament › jewellery › brooch

• Dimensions

  7 cm (diameter)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by Sir Arthur Evans, from the collection of Sir John Evans, 1927.

• Museum location

  Ground floor | Gallery 13 | Rome

• Museum department

  Antiquities

• Accession no.

  AN1927.187

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