Sandstone petrogenesis from Carnuntum

Statue in sandstone (H. 0.60 Br. 0.44). Inv. No. I, 196.v. Sacken, 340; Mionica, Felsengeburt, No. XI; MMM II 330 f. and fig. 201. See fig. 426.Naked Mithras, visible from the knees upwards, being born from the rock. The head and the arms are lost. Beside his right thigh there is the tail of a serpent, the head of which is visible lower on the rock. The bottom of the rock is fashioned in such a way that it could be attached to a fountain or to another construction.