Giant from Santa Prisca — The New Mithraeum

The New Mithraeum

26 Dec 2024

Updated on May 2026

TNMM 1043 ↔ CIMRM 491

On a base the lower part of a Gigant with snake-feet. He is dressed in a short tunic and leans against a rock. On his l. arm traces of a shield. Bust, head and arms lost (See fig. 142).

References

Vermaseren, Maarten Jozef (1956) Corpus Inscriptionum et Monumentorum Religionis Mithriacae

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