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Monumentum

Upper part of limestone torchbearer from Memphis

Upper part of a limestone torchbearer statue in tunic and hanging cloak, arms and lower legs lost, from the Mithraeum near Memphis, Egypt.
 
The New Mithraeum
Updated on May 2026
Upper part of a statue in limestone (H. 0.40). MMM II No. 285h and fig. 482; RRS III 140, 5.Standing torchbearer dressed in a tunic and hanging cloak. The cap leaves the front part of the head uncovered. The arms and the legs beneath the knees are lost.

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