Monumentum
Petrogeny of Sarmizegetusa
The rock of Mithra's birth in the Petrogenia of Sarmizegetusa is surrounded by a snake.
Aion of Sarmizegetusa
CIMRM
The New Mithraeum
26 Jan 2022
Updated on 11 Mar 2022
The full article is reserved for our members.
Log in or create a free account to access the entire site.
Statue in yellowish marble (H. 0.67 Br. 0.365).
Youthful Mithras is being born from the rock which is encircled by a serpent. The serpent's head is visible next to the r. thigh of the god. Mithras is in Phrygian cap, his arms are lost.
Studniczka, 224 fig. 69; Kiraly, 26 No. 80 and PI. IX, 2; MMM Il 302 No. 177 and fig. 159; RRS III 140, 1; Floca in ED 1935,218 fig. 3. See fig. 579.
Youthful Mithras is being born from the rock which is encircled by a serpent. The serpent's head is visible next to the r. thigh of the god. Mithras is in Phrygian cap, his arms are lost.