Monumentum
Statue of a torchbearer from Apulum
This weathered limestone statue from the Mithraeum of Apulum depicts a standing figure in Oriental attire holding the head of a bull or ram.
Statue of a torchbearer from Apulum.
CIMRM
Statue of a torchbearer from Apulum.
Ortolf Harl 2012
The New Mithraeum
15 May 2026
TNMM 1417 ↔ CIMRM 1956
Statue in limestone (H. 0.92) belonging to the same Mithraeum. Alba Julia, Muzeul Regional Inv. No. 233.
Fig. 510.
Standing person in Oriental dress, not cross-legged; his head, his r. arm and his feet are lost. He carries the head of a bull or of a ram in his l.h., but this is not clear as the foremost part is lost.
Vermaseren described the object in the left hand as the head of a bull or ram, but the identification as a scorpion is more plausible and has been supported by Csaba Szabó.
References
- Vermaseren, Maarten Jozef (1956) Corpus Inscriptionum et Monumentorum Religionis Mithriacae
