CIMRM 1248 - Rock-birth. Dieburg, Germany

From: Behn, "Das Mithrasheiligtum zu Dieburg", 1928, p.29, fig.27. The item is discussed on 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. The head is lost.