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Damaged limestone statuette from Memphis

Badly damaged limestone statuette of a standing figure in Eastern attire, head, arms and feet lost, from the Mithraeum near Memphis, Egypt.
 
The New Mithraeum
Updated on May 2026
Badly damaged fragment of a statuette in limestone (H. 0.25). MMM II No. 285i and fig. 486.Standing person in Eastern attire. Head, arms and feet are lost.

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