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Torchbearer hand fragments from Sarmizegetusa

Marble hand and wrist fragments from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, all preserving remnants of torches, belonging to the torchbearer statues of the sanctuary.
 
The New Mithraeum
27 May 2026

TNMM 1973 ↔ CIMRM 2124

Fragments of torchbearers:

1) The foremost part of a wrist with a hand in which remnants of a torch (Kiraly, 27 No. 83).

2) Part of the r.h. (L. 0.06) with remnants of a torch (Kiraly, No. 84).

3) Part of the l.h. (L. 0.08) with remnants of a torch (Kiraly, No. 85).

4) Foremost part of a l.h. in the form of a fist. Between thumb and forefinger a hole (Kiraly, No. 86).

5) Lower part of a leg resting on a base (H. 0.07 Br. 0.14 D. 0.15) (Kiraly, No. 87).

6) Flame of a torch (L. 0.24) (Kiraly, No. 88).

7) Piece of a torch with a red painted flame (L. 0.16) (Kiraly, No. 89).

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