Phrygian Cap

A Phrygian cap is a soft conical piece of headwear with a pointed apex that is traditionally bent over. Attributed to the Phrygian people from the time of the Persian empire onwards, similar caps were worn by the Trojans and other western Anatolian people. In the Roman era, the cap was adopted by Dacians and Parthians. This headpiece, made of finely stitched red fabric in the late Roman era, was gifted to Mithras by the Ventrue scholar Bindusara on their first meeting in Alexandria. Mithras would wear it only for special occasions at his Temple, which accounts for its preservation and good condition. It was given to Pater Gwenllian ferch Arwyn for safekeeping.