Monumentum
Limestone torchbearer statuette from Memphis
Limestone statuette of a standing torchbearer, torch and right arm lost, from the Mithraeum near Memphis, Egypt.
The New Mithraeum
Updated on May 2026
TNMM 843 ↔ CIMRM 97
Statuette in limestone (H. 0.50). MMM II No. 285g and fig. 483; RRS III 140, 6.
On a base a standing torchbearer not cross-legged. The torch in his l.h. which he presses against his body, has got lost as well as the r. arm and head.
References
- Vermaseren, Maarten Jozef (1956) Corpus Inscriptionum et Monumentorum Religionis Mithriacae
