Monumentum
Rock-birth statue from Apulum
Sandstone rock-birth statue from Apulum, Dacia, depicting the naked Mithras emerging from a rock encircled by a snake; head and arms are lost.
Rock-birth statue from ApulumCIMRM
The New Mithraeum
27 May 2026
TNMM 1875 ↔ CIMRM 1994
Statue in sandstone (H. 0.73 Br. 0.32) found at Apulum, but the exact find-spot is unknown. Alba Julia, Muzeul Regional. Inv. No. 207/II.
Fig. 522.
Mithras' rockbirth. The god is naked; his head and his arms are lost. The rock is encircled by a snake.
References
- Vermaseren, Maarten Jozef (1956) Corpus Inscriptionum et Monumentorum Religionis Mithriacae
