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Petrogeny from Sibiu

This white marble statue of the rock-birth from Cibinium in Roman Dacia is one of the largest known Mithraic sculptures from the Danubian provinces.
Petrogeny from Sibiu.

Petrogeny from Sibiu.
CIMRM

 
The New Mithraeum
28 May 2026

TNMM 2556 ↔ CIMRM 2188

White marble statue (H. 1.54) from Transsylvania. Sibiu (= Hermannstadt = Nagy Szeben). Inv. No. 7275.

Naked Mithras in Phrygian cap being born from the rock, which is encircled by a snake. Its head is visible under the r. leg of the god. Mithras is visible from the knees. His r. arm is broken off. His uplifted l.h. which is connected to the cap by means of a support holds a torch.

References

de Hammer, Mithriaca, 103 No. LV and Pl. XI, 3; Köppen, Nachricht, 20 No. XIX, 2; Neugebaur, Dac., 264 No. 33; Maionica, Felsgeburt, No. V; MMM II 319f No. 209 and fig. 182; RRS III 141, 4; Ferri, Arte Danubio, 186 and fig. 198; Horedt in Mitteilungen aus dem Brukenthalischen Museum IX–X, 1940, Pl.; see fig. 599.

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