Rock-birth of Mithras from Heddernheim

Statue in red sandstone (H. 0.50 Br. 0.27). Inv. No. 278.Habel, Mithrastempel, 181, 7 and Pl. IV, 5 and 5a; Hammer, Mithriaca, Pl. XVI, 3, 4; Lajard, Rech., Pl. CIV, 5; MMM II 367f and fig. 254; Esp. Rec. Germ., 96f No. 140 and fig. See fig. 280.Young naked Mithras with curled hair being born from the rock. No Phrygian cap. Both upraised arms are broken off at the elbow. The neck and part of the breast are restored.