Monumentum
Petrogeny of Sarmizegetusa
The rock of Mithra's birth in the Petrogenia of Sarmizegetusa is surrounded by a snake.
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26 Jan 2022
Updated on 11 Mar 2022
Aion of Sarmizegetusa
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Statue in yellowish marble (H. 0.67 Br. 0.365).
Youthful Mithras is being born from the rock which is encircled by a serpent. The serpent's head is visible next to the r. thigh of the god. Mithras is in Phrygian cap, his arms are lost.
Studniczka, 224 fig. 69; Kiraly, 26 No. 80 and PI. IX, 2; MMM Il 302 No. 177 and fig. 159; RRS III 140, 1; Floca in ED 1935,218 fig. 3. See fig. 579.
Youthful Mithras is being born from the rock which is encircled by a serpent. The serpent's head is visible next to the r. thigh of the god. Mithras is in Phrygian cap, his arms are lost.
Data
- Location
Mithraeum of Sarmizegetusa, Colonia Ulpia Traiana Augusta Dacica Sarmizegetusa, Dacia superior (Dacia) Sarmizegetusa (Romania) - Current location
Muzeul Civilizației Dacice și Romane Deva (Romania) - Type
- Labels
- Dimensions H. 67 W. 36.5 D. 28 cm
- Dating 2nd-3rd century
- Material Marble
- Canonical URI
mithraeum.eu/monument/436
- CIMRM 2134
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