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Monumentum

Unfinished statue of Mithras from the rock, Rome

A stone statue probably found in Rome, depicting a naked Mithras emerging from the rock with his index finger raised to his lips and his right arm broken off, described by Cumont as an unfinished work never completed.
 
The New Mithraeum
Updated on May 2026
Stone statue, probably found at Rome. Naked Mithras emerges from the rock. He puts the index of his left hand to his lips. The right arm is broken off. The sculpture was never completed.

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