Monumentum
Marble statuette from Timgad
Polychromatic marble statuette of a cross-legged figure in Eastern attire, probably a torchbearer, found near the theatre ruins at Timgad.
The New Mithraeum
Updated on May 2026
Statuette in polychromatic marble (H. 0.20), found in 1904 near the ruins of the theatre. Museum Timgad. Cumont in BSAF 1905, 255f with fig.; cf. AA 1906, 163; AJA 1906, 363; 1907, 115.Standing person, cross-legged. He is dressed in a long sleeved tunica, a mantle and an anaxyrides. With his l.h. he supports the elbow of his r.arm, on which he rests his head. Head and feet are lost. Probably a torchbearer.
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