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Oceanus and rock miracle from Sarmizegetusa

Marble fragment from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, preserving the greater part of a reclining Oceanus and above it a rock before which one of Mithras's legs is visible — the water miracle scene.

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27 May 2026

Fragment (H. 0.13 Br. 0.05). See fig. 572.1) The greater part of a reclining god holding his l.h. under his head (Oceanus).2) Above it a rock before which one of Mithras' legs is visible. The god was sitting on a rocky stone (water-miracle).

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