ID: 700006483 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700006483	Record Type: Movable Work

Statuette of Mithras on Horseback (statuette (statue); Unknown Roman (Roman Artist); 1st - 2nd century; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa (Malibu, Los Angeles...; 71.AB.160)

Note: Equestrian statuette of the sun-god Mithras ("deus sol invictus Mithras"). He is dressed in Persian attire including the pointed high boots, long pants, a pleated epiblema and a crested, pointed cap.

Titles:

Statuette of Mithras on Horseback (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

statuette (free-standing sculpture) [300312262] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, sculpture (visual works), <sculpture by subject type>)

Classifications:

sculptures (preferred)

Creation Date: 1st - 2nd century

Creator Display:

Unknown Roman (Roman Artist) [preferred,JPGM]

unknown Ancient Roman (Ancient Roman cultural designation) [500202843]

Locations:

Current: J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa (Malibu, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500125181] J. Paul Getty Museum, J. Paul Getty Trust, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 71.AB.160

Other: Creation: Roman Empire [7030347] World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: Bronze

	bronze (metal) [300010957]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by composition or origin>, nonferrous metal, <copper and copper alloy>, copper alloy)

Dimensions: Object: H: 6 x L: 6.1 cm (H: 2 3/8 x L: 2 3/8 in.)

Cultures:

Ancient Roman (preferred)

Roman

General Subject:

religion and mythology (preferred)

human figures

Specific Subjects:

	Mithras [901000679]
	.....((Persian characters, Persian iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	horses (species) [300250148]
	.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), Chordata (phylum), Vertebrata (subphylum), Mammalia (class), Perissodactyla (order), Equidae (family), Equus (genus)) (AAT)

	figure (representation) [300189808]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by subject type>) (AAT)

	male [300189559]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), scientific concepts, biological concepts, sex (biological characteristic)) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: carvings and sculptures

Sources and Contributors:
Statuette of Mithras on Horseback	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP]

Note:
English	..... [JPGM]
	..... J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)