The Third Symbol of the Miles Grade on the Floor Mosaic of the Felicissimus Mithraeum in Ostia: A New Interpretation
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angličtina
Original language name
The Third Symbol of the Miles Grade on the Floor Mosaic of the Felicissimus Mithraeum in Ostia: A New Interpretation
Original language description
This article deals with the identification and interpretation of the third symbol of the Miles grade on the floor mosaic of the Felicissimus mithraeum in Ostia. In previous scholarship, this symbol has been usually identified as a soldier?s sling bag or,alternatively, as a Phrygian cap. The authors of this article question these identifications and hypothesize that this object might represent a bull's pelvic limb (i.e. hind-quarter) or, less likely, a thoracic limb (i.e fore-leg). They base their argument on the expert opinion of two veterinarians and also on the fact that a bull's limb is depicted on other Mithraic monuments, notably the altar of Flavius Aper at Poetovio, unlike the soldier?s bag. In the second part of the article, the authors tentatively reflect on why the author of this mosaic might have chosen this particular symbol.
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Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
AA - Philosophy and religion
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S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
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Publication year
2013
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
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Name of the periodical
Religio: revue pro religionistiku
ISSN
1210-3640
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Volume of the periodical
roč. 21
Issue of the periodical within the volume
č. 1
Country of publishing house
CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC
Number of pages
24
Pages from-to
9-32
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