Petrogeny with hand on head from Nida
TNMM 761 ↔ CIMRM 1111
Damaged statue (H. 0.46 Br. 0.36 D. 0.30) in red sandstone. Inv. No. 279.
Youthful naked Mithras being born from the rock. He rests his r.h. on the head. In his other hand resting on the rock he hold a dagger or a torch. The r. arm is restored. Traces of red painting.
A young [Mithras] emerging from a rock where he is up to his waist, placing his right hand on his head and holding an elongated object [torch?] in his left hand, which is resting on the rock.
Part of the left arm has been restored, but not the hand.
References
Habel 195 N. 1 and Pl IV 4 4a; Hammer Mithriaca Pl. XVI 1 2; Lajard Rech. CIV 1; Maionica Felsengerburt No. IX; MMM II 371e and fig. 273; Lehner Führer Wiesb. 57 No. 279; RRS III 141 11; Gressmann Gestirnrel. fig. 2; Esp. Rec. Germ. 100 No. 150 and fig.; Leipoldt XIV and fig. 29. See fig. 286.
- Vermaseren, Maarten Jozef (1956) Corpus Inscriptionum et Monumentorum Religionis Mithriacae
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