CIMRM 1687 - Sandstone rock-birth. Carnuntum III. Austria.

CIMRM 1687 - Sandstone rock-birth. Carnuntum III. Austria.

By kisstamas36, 2010, at Bad Deutsch-Altenburg, Austria. From: Panoramio

CIMRM entry

1687. Statue in sandstone (H. 0. 85 Br. 0. 53 D. 0. 39), found near c. Reichel, 191; MMM II 498 and fig. 435; Kostbarkeiten aus Carnuntum, Wien 19572, fig. 10. See fig. 435. On a rectangular base there is a cone-shaped base from which the youthful naked Mithras is born. In the uplifted hands he probably held the torch and the dagger. There is a hole in his l. h.; his r. h. is lost. Around the rock a serpent is coiled, the head of which is visible on the r. side of Mithras' Phrygian cap. The god has long wavy hair. In the background a large tree.

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