Monumentum
Mithraic rock and vase of Rusicade
Both objects have a snake winding itself around them.
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15 Aug 2021
Updated on 17 Mar 2022
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Marble block (H. 0.42). Conical rock with a snake, winding itself around it, lifting its head up in the air. In the back a hole (diam. 0.10, deep 0.10) has been drilled.
Bertrand, Cat. Philippeville, 56f; Gsell-Bertrand, Mus. Philippeville, 50 and PI. VI, 7. Fig. 42 from the cast in the Museum at Algiers.
CIMRM 128
Marble vase (H. 0.60, Diam. 0.50). Vase with rounded cover, in which one big and two smaller semi-circular holes. A snake winds itself around the vase, holding its head near the largest aperture to drink from it. The tail is lacking.Data
- Location
Mithraeum of Skikda, NumidiaSkikda (Rusicada) (Algeria) - Type
- Labels
- Dimensions H. 42 W. D. cm
- Material Marble
- Canonical URI
mithraeum.eu/monument/324
- CIMRM 127, 128
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