Statue of a torchbearer from Apulum

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.