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Monumentum

Oversized stone hand with projection from Saarburg Mithraeum

A stone hand of more than natural size from the Mithraeum at Pons Saravi (modern Saarburg) in Belgica, with the thumb touching the index finger and a rectangular projection in the palm on which an object was probably fastened.

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Updated on May 2026

Hand (H. 0.18, Br. 0.12) of more than natural size, with the thumb touching the index finger. In the palm a rectangular projection on which an object was probably fastened. From the Mithraeum at Pons Saravi (modern Saarburg), Belgica.

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