Felsgeburt des Mithras
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Reconstituted from scattered fragments, this statue of calcareous sandstone, probably having been located to the left of an altar at the back of the sanctuary, ilustrates the petrogenesis, the episode of the birth of Mithras. Its conically formed base is composed of irregular rocks, from which the young god emerges nude, other
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