Monumentum
Petrogeny of San Clemente
Mithras birth from the knees upwards emerging from a rock and wearing as usual a Phrygian cap.
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26 Jan 2022
Mithras rock-birth of San Clemente
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Marble statue (H. 0.63), kept in the Mithraeum.
The youthful, naked Mithras emerges from a rocky stone. He is visible from the knees. He wears a Phrygian cap. The fore-parts of his arms are broken off.
Besides the already mentioned bibl.: Maionica, Felsengeburt, No. VI; Cecchelli in Roma, 1941, Tav. XIX, 1.
The youthful, naked Mithras emerges from a rocky stone. He is visible from the knees. He wears a Phrygian cap. The fore-parts of his arms are broken off.
Data
- Location
Mitreo di San Clemente, Roma, Latium (Italia) Rome (Italy) - Type
- Labels
- Dimensions H. 63 W. D. cm
- Material Marble
- Canonical URI
mithraeum.eu/monument/435
- CIMRM 344
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