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Fragment of a limestone statuette of a torchbearer in Eastern attire, head and lower legs lost, not cross-legged, from the Mithraeum near Memphis, Egypt.
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Fragment of a statuette in limestone (H. 0.40). MMM II No. 285f and fig. 484; RRS III 140, 8.Torchbearer in Eastern attire. The head, the legs beneath the knees and the torch are lost. Not cross-legged.