Monumentum
Marble statue of Mithras emerging from rock, S. Lorenzo in Damaso, Rome
Marble statue of the naked Mithras emerging from the rock, holding a dagger in his right hand and a torch in his left, visible to the knees, from the Mithraeum of S. Lorenzo in Damaso; the head is lost.
The New Mithraeum
Updated on May 2026
TNMM 1002 ↔ CIMRM 428
Marble statue (H. 0.55).
Nogara-Magi, 240 and Pl. XV, 8.
Naked Mithras emerges from the rock. In his hands, pressed against his body, he is holding a dagger (r.h.) and a torch (l.h.). Remnants of his hair. He is visible about up to his knees. The head has got lost.
References
- Vermaseren, Maarten Jozef (1956) Corpus Inscriptionum et Monumentorum Religionis Mithriacae
