Rock-birth relief from Salona

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.