Monumentum
Statue once interpreted as Mithras from Aveiro
Bearded nude statue formerly claimed to be Mithraic but later rejected as a seventeenth-century sculpture unrelated to the cult.
The New Mithraeum
28 May 2026
TNMM 2128 ↔ CIMRM 800bis
Antonio Gomes da Rocha Madahil, Algumas consideraçoes acerca de uma estátua de tipo arcaico existente no Museu de Aveiro in Arquivo do Districto de Aveiro XVII, 1951, 97ff and figs (cf. Fasti VIII, 1956 No. 3995) gives the description of a statue which he dates in the third century A.D. and which he considers as Mithraic. Prof. Dr. A. García y Bellido, however, informs me that it is not in any way connected with the Mithraic cult: 'Es simplemente una escultura del siglio XVII de un personaje barbado, desnudo, con una especie de calzón em medio cuerpo y a su lado una serpiente.' I could not consult Mahadil's article.
References
- Vermaseren, Maarten Jozef (1956) Corpus Inscriptionum et Monumentorum Religionis Mithriacae
