Monumentum
Petrogeny from Florence
The sculpture of the birth of Mithras in Florence included the head of Oceanus.
Petrogeny of Florence
CIMRM
CIMRM 666-2
Vermaseren's Corpus
The New Mithraeum
11 Nov 2023
Updated on Jan 2026
Fragment of a marble statue (H. 0.72 Br. 0.43). Galleria degli Uffizi.
Dutschke III 88 No. 146; Conze in AEMO II 119; MMM II 259 No. 102 and 487 No. 102 with fig. 420; Amelung Fiihr. Fl. 58f No. 83; Saxl 70 and fig. 154; Brogi 9246; Vermaseren in Studia van Hoorn 289 and PI. XXI 3. See figs. 189 and 190 procured by the Sopraintendenza aIle Gallerie.
The naked Mithras, only preserved up to his navel, is born from the stone-rock. On the front of the rock a head in long hair and beard has been represented (Oceanus). At the back of the stone a hole for a water-tube, which communicates with…
Dutschke III 88 No. 146; Conze in AEMO II 119; MMM II 259 No. 102 and 487 No. 102 with fig. 420; Amelung Fiihr. Fl. 58f No. 83; Saxl 70 and fig. 154; Brogi 9246; Vermaseren in Studia van Hoorn 289 and PI. XXI 3. See figs. 189 and 190 procured by the Sopraintendenza aIle Gallerie.
The naked Mithras, only preserved up to his navel, is born from the stone-rock. On the front of the rock a head in long hair and beard has been represented (Oceanus). At the back of the stone a hole for a water-tube, which communicates with…
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