CIMRM 812 - Cloaked figure with altar. Walbrook Mithraeum, London, Britain.
See also: CIMRM 810-811 Tauroctony; 812 Cloaked figure; 813 Oceanus; 814 Mithraeum; 815 Mithras head; 816 Cautopates fragment; 817 Torso of deity; 818 Serapis head + 2 hands; 819 Circular plaque; 820 Minerva head; 821 Mercury statuette; 822-823 Dionysius, Silenus statue; 824 Sandstone bowl; 825 Inscription; 826 Inscription; Supp. Silver box + strainer; Pottery;
812. White marble statue (H. 0.53-0.59 with base, Br. 0.25). London Museum, Inv. No. A 16932.
MMM II 390c and fig. 306; Wheeler, London Rom. Times, l.c. See fig. 219.
Standing person in long, hanging cloak, which leaves the upper part of the body uncovered. Beside his l. foot the stem of a ship, floating on the waves. With his l.h., which rests on a support he holds a cornucopia against his shoulder. With the other hand he holds a patem above a burning altar, from the back of which a serpent arises, entwining itself round the god's arm and then disappearing again behind the altar (Bonus Eventus).
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