Monumentum
Rock-birth cone base from Mithraeum I, Carnuntum
Cone-shaped sandstone stone encircled by a serpent from Mithraeum I at Carnuntum, Pannonia Superior, probably forming the base of a rock-birth group.
The New Mithraeum
27 May 2026
TNMM 1703 ↔ CIMRM 1668
Cone-shaped stone encircled by a serpent, probably a remnant of a representation of Mithras' rockbirth (v. Sacken, 347; MMM II 330g).
References
- Vermaseren, Maarten Jozef (1956) Corpus Inscriptionum et Monumentorum Religionis Mithriacae