Mercury statue from Mithraeum II, Stockstadt

TNMM 2108 ↔ CIMRM 1210

Statue in sandstone (H. 0.78 Br. 0.32 D. 0.49) found near 5.

Schleiermacher, 50f No. 1 and figs. 3, 4; Esp. Rec. Germ., 191f No. 309; Leipoldt, XIII and figs. 26–27; Stade, 36f No. 1 and Pl. 5 figs. 1–3. See fig. 318 for which I am indebted to Dr. E. Schneider.

Mercury sitting on a rock dressed only in a small shoulder-cape. In his l.h. the god holds a caduceus. In his r. arm he holds a youthful Bacchus, who has a bunch of grapes in his l.h. Mercury has winged feet; before his r. foot a tortoise. On the sides of the rock are a lying ram and a cock. In the base an inscription. Lost: the r.h. and part of the r. knee of Mercury and the heads of both gods.