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Monumentum

Petrogenesis statue from Schachadorf

Conglomerate statue of the birth of Mithras, found in a burnt layer, showing the god nude emerging from the rock with raised hands and a snake.
  • Mithras birth from Linz.

    Mithras birth from Linz.
    Ortolf Harl 2011

  • Mithras birth from Linz.

    Mithras birth from Linz.
    Ortolf Harl 2002

 
The New Mithraeum
21 Dec 2024
Updated on Jan 2026

TNMM 1381

Statue in conglomerate (H. 0.59 Br. 0.39 D. 0.17) found in a layer of fire-traces.

Museum at Linz (Lap. No. 34).

Naked Mithras without the Phrygian cap being born from the rock with upraised hands in which he holds some objects which are not clearly discernible. A snake creeps upwards.

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