In the idyllic village of the Abode of Contentment, Durga and her little brother, Opu, grow up in a world of woods, orchards and adventure. Nurtured on their aunt’s songs and stories, they dream of ...
Un girasol ciego es un girasol que no busca el sol, un girasol inmóvil, un girasol –podría decirse– derrotado. Y la certeza de la derrota, de ese va­cío que atenaza tanto a los vencidos como a los ...
In 1958, the La Adam cave, located some thirty kilometres from the Black Sea coast near TârguÈ™or in the province of Moesia Inferior, yielded a number of inscriptions and reliefs, including a set of ...
Volute cushions (pulvini), rams’ heads in the volutes, acanthus chalice in between. Below the inscription bust of Cautopates. On the side sides profile head of Mithras with Phrygian cap above rocks.
On a base the lower part of a Gigant with snake-feet. He is dressed in a short tunic and leans against a rock. On his l. arm traces of a shield. Bust, head and arms lost (See fig. 142).
White marble relief (H. 0.56 Br. 0.86), broken in two parts. Found in 1872 near the Salita delle Tre Pile, a flight of steps, leading up to the Capitoline-hill and situated opposite to S. Maria d’ ...
White marble statuette (H. 0.41 Br. 0.17). Mus. Lateran, Inv. No. 319A. Standing Aion with lion’s head and four wings, two of which are pointing upwards, two downwards. He is entwined in seven coils ...
Marble statue (H. 0.85 Br. 1.10), found near the Viale Latino, about 200 mtrs from the Porta S. Giovanni. Mus. Capitolino. End of the 2nd cent. A.D. On a rocky base the statue of Mithras as a ...
Fresco in an arched niche (H. 1.80 Br. 1.10) above the right bench. Mithras, dressed in purple tunic with long sleeves and anaxyrides, wears on his head the Phrygian cap, of which only the point has ...
Terracotta tablet (H. 0.25), found at Calvi, now at Berlin, Antiquarium (Inv. No. 8492). Mithras as a bullkiller. The god is dressed in a flying shouldercape only. Mithras’ head is a restoration.
Fragments of a marble relief, which probably served as a fenster. I did not find it back. Of Sol’s head only the curls are visible of his hair, which was encircled by seven rays. Next to it his ...
White marble statue (H. 0.92 Br. 0.74). Formerly in the Museum Kircherianum, nowadays Mus. Naz. Terme, Inv. No. 65196. Mithras, slaying the bull. The dog and the serpent hold their heads near the ...