Monumentum
Petrogenia of Aquincum
In Aquincum petrogenia, Mithras holds the usual dagger and torch as he emerges from the rock.
Nacimiento de Mitra del Mitreo de Victorinus, Aquincum.
A. Pegler.
The New Mithraeum
22 Jul 2009
Updated on 16 Jan 2022
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Limestone relief (H 0.98. Br 0.55) depicting Mithras' rockbirth. Mithras, naked and emerging from the rock to mid-thigh, holds a burning torch in his upraised left hand and a dagger in his right. The rock is surrounded by a serpent who raises its head towards the god.