Monumentum
Silvanus of Skikda
The statue of Skikda has seven holes in his hair for fastening rays.
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15 Aug 2021
Updated on 22 Jan 2022
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Marble statue. Standing beside a tree-trunk a youthful figure with uncovered torso and long curly hair in which seven holes have been made for fastening rays. In the l.h. a cornucopia; in the lost r.h. probably a patera. Very likely the god Silvanus.
RRS III 14,6. Fig. 41.
RRS III 14,6. Fig. 41.
Data
- Location
Mithraeum of Skikda, NumidiaSkikda (Rusicade) (Algeria) - Type
- Labels
- Material Marble
- Canonical URI
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- CIMRM 126
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