Monumentum
Rock-birth statue from Mureș Port
Dark sandstone statue from Mureș Port, Dacia, depicting Mithras's rock-birth with the rock encircled by a serpent; the statue's attribution to Mureș Port rather than Apulum is uncertain.
The New Mithraeum
27 May 2026
TNMM 1844 ↔ CIMRM 1949
Statue in dark sandstone (H. 0.50 Br. 0.465). Alba Julia, Museum Inv. No. 208/11. The inventory at first wrote "found at Apulum" without further data, but later on it was changed into "found at Mureș Port". Fig. 509.
Mithras' rockbirth. The rock surrounded by the serpent.
References
- Vermaseren, Maarten Jozef (1956) Corpus Inscriptionum et Monumentorum Religionis Mithriacae