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The torchbearers are at work. Expect the occasional flicker while we tend the grotto.

Monumentum

CIMRM 830

Small stone statue, found at Chester in 1853 "built into a cellar wall in "White Friars" ".
 
The New Mithraeum

TNMM 1260 ↔ CIMRM 830

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Small stone statue, found at Chester in 1853 "built into a cellar wall in "White Friars" ". Still seen in Chester by Stukeley in 1725, when being in the possession of Mr. Pescot. Now lost; dimension unknown. Watkins, Rom. Chesh., 191; Pannant, Tour Wales, 1,116; Horsley, Brit. Rom., 316 No. V and PI. 67, V; Stukeley, Pal. Brit., III, 1752, 33; MMM II 390f No. 268; Haverfield, Cat. Grosv. Mus., 78f No. 169 with fig. Standing torchbearer in Eastern attire and cross-legged. With both hands he holds a torch downwards.

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