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Monumentum

Altar with Mithras rock-birth of Nida

The Mithraic stele from Nida depicts the Mithras Petrogenesis and the gods Cautes, Cautopates, Heaven and Ocean.
 
 
The New Mithraeum
13 Jan 2022
Updated on 29 Jan 2022
 
  • Front view of Petrogenesis altar of Nida

    Front view of Petrogenesis altar of Nida
    The New Mithraeum / Andreu Abuín (CC BY-SA) 

  • Right side of Petrogenesis altar of Nida

    Right side of Petrogenesis altar of Nida
    The New Mithraeum / Andreu Abuín (CC BY-SA) 

  • Right side of Petrogenesis altar of Nida

    Right side of Petrogenesis altar of Nida
    The New Mithraeum / Andreu Abuín (CC BY-SA) 

  • Eagle on the right side of the altar of Nida

    Eagle on the right side of the altar of Nida
    The New Mithraeum / Andreu Abuín (CC BY-SA) 

 

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Stele in basalt (H. 0.94 Br. 0.30 D. 0.22) found in the centre of the cella.

The stele is decorated on three sides with reliefs; the back is partially rough. The reliefs are divided into two parts by a horizontal rim.

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The front has the form of an aedicola. In a niche with two Corinthian columns is the representation of Mithras' rockbirth. In his upraised hands a torch (l.h.) and a knife (r.h.); no Phrygian cap. The pediment has on its cornice an inscription, which is continued on the horizontal rim and on the pedestal. In the pediment a leaf ornament.
 
 

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