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Monumentum

Fragment of Mercury with bird from Saarburg Mithraeum

A fragment from the Mithraeum at Pons Saravi (modern Saarburg) in Belgica, showing a standing naked man with a bird, possibly a cock, on his left arm, tentatively identified as Mercury, with the head, hands, and parts of the legs lost.
 
The New Mithraeum
Updated on May 2026
Fragment (H. 0.75, Br. 0.15, D. 0.12) from the Mithraeum at Pons Saravi (modern Saarburg), Belgica. Standing naked man with a bird (cock?) on his left arm, possibly Mercury. Head, hands, and parts of the legs are lost.

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