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Rock-birth relief from Salona

White limestone relief fragment from the walls of Salona, Dalmatia, found in 1906, depicting naked Mithras being born from the rock with a dagger in his right hand and a torch in his left.

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27 May 2026

Fragment of a relief in white limestone (H. 0.145 Br. 0.15 D. 0.03) found in the walls of ancient Salona in 1906. Split, Archaeological Museum.Grabičević in AJ I 1954, 38 No. 22 and fig. 5. See fig. 480.Naked Mithras born from the rock; in his upraised r.h. a dagger and in his l.h. a torch. The god has a Phrygian cap. Under the rock part of a lion's head.

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