CIMRM 20

Attention: This entry may not have been reviewed and could contain incorrect data.A rough-hewn statuette (H. 0.30), found at Emir Ghasi in Lycaonia, is said to be in a Museum at Oxford, where we have not been able to trace it. Ramsay, Diary, 217ff with PI. XVII and 308ff; MM 229. Standing Roman soldier in helmet. Dressed in short tunic with phalerae. His r.h. rests on a representation which shows resemblance to Mithras' rock-birth. His other hand is laid on a column, on which a lion's head with the characteristics of a Gorgo. Ramsay is of the opinion that the statuette is genuine and that it r…