CIMRM 2184 - Mithras rising from the rock. Sibiu, Romania.
Mithras rising from the rock (National Museum of Romanian History). By CristianChirita, 15 May 2011. From: Wikimedia Commons.
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From: Arachne, No. 18456.
CIMRM entry
TRANSSYLVANIA
2184.
Statue in limestone from Transsylvania (H. 0.88 Br. 0.43-0.50). Sibiu (= Hermannstadt = Nagy Szeben), Museum Brukenthal.
MMM II 320 No. 210 and fig. 183; RRS III 141, 1. See fig. 596.
Mithras is being born from the cone-shaped rock on which a serpent is represented. The god emerges as far as his thighs. He is in Phrygian cap and he holds a knife in his upraised r.h. His l. arm is broken off.
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