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.
The New Mithraeum
Updated on May 2026
TNMM 1350 ↔ CIMRM 975
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.
References
- Vermaseren, Maarten Jozef (1956) Corpus Inscriptionum et Monumentorum Religionis Mithriacae