Statuette on base from Mithraeum III, Heddernheim

Fragment of a statuette (H. 0.52) standing on a base in sandstone (H. 0.57 Br. 0.24 D. 0.10–0.16) found near h. Both in the Museum at Frankfurt; the statuette used to be in the Coll. Häberlin. Inv. No. 15792.Wolff-Cumont, 58 and Pl. I, 5; MMM II 376i and fig. 287; RRS III 140, 7; Esp. Rec. Germ., 104 No. 156. See fig. 292.Standing torchbearer, cross-legged and in Oriental dress. With both hands he holds the torch downwards; its foremost part is broken off. The feet are lost, but fragments of them are visible on the base.