CIMRM 1248 - Rock-birth. Dieburg, Germany
CIMRM 1248 - Rock-birth. Dieburg, Germany
Behn, fig. 27.
| From: Behn, " Das Mithrasheiligtum zu Dieburg", 1928, p. 29, fig. 27. Theitemisdiscussedon p. 28-29.
CIMRM entry
1248.
Statue in red sandstone (H. 0. 55), found in the pit of the Mithraeum. Inv. No. 3635/52.
Behn, M. Dieburg, 28f No. 2 and fig. 27; Esp. Rec. Genn., 168 No. 249. See fig. 325.
On a base (H. 0. 23) a representation of Mithras' rockbirth. The naked god holds in his upraised r. h. a torch and in his other hand a dagger which is still partly hidden in the rock. Theheadislost.
|
|