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Monumentum

Marble relief of a standing figure with sheep-hook from Chester, Grosvenor Museum

A marble relief found in 1851 built into the adjoining hall of White Friars at Chester (ancient Deva), now in the Grosvenor Museum, depicting a standing dressed figure with a sheep-hook in his left hand and possibly a downward-pointing torch in his right, perhaps a torchbearer belonging to the same sanctuary.

The New Mithraeum

Updated on May 2026

Marble relief, found in 1851 in Chester (ancient Deva), built up in the adjoining hall of White Friars. Chester, Grosvenor Museum.Standing dressed figure with a sheep-hook in his left hand; in the right hand possibly a torch pointing downwards. If the monument represents a torchbearer, it could have belonged to the inventory of the same sanctuary.

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