Monumentum
Silvanus of Skikda
The statue of Skikda has seven holes in his hair for fastening rays.
The New Mithraeum
15 Aug 2021
Updated on Sep 2023
Marble statue. Standing beside a tree-trunk a youthful figure with uncovered torso and long curly hair in which seven holes have been made for fastening rays. In the l.h. a cornucopia; in the lost r.h. probably a patera. Very likely the god Silvanus.
RRS III 14,6. Fig. 41.
RRS III 14,6. Fig. 41.
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