File:FMC00.628B.jpg
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FMC00.628B shows various illustrations of Mithras petrogenitus or the Petra Genetrix, the mother rock that gave birth, from which Mithras was born. Mithras is shown nakes with torch and dagger in his hands.
Above: left: from Mithraeum of Housesteads (near Newcastle upon Tyne, UK) - see also Schema FMC00.628; middle Mithras Petrogenitus of Carmumtum (Austria) - notice the snake; right: Rheinisches Landesmuseum Trier (Germany) - notice the zodiac and four heads in the corners (compare with Schema FMC00.628A)
Below: left: rock-born Mithras (Baths of Diocletian, Rome, Italy); middle: bas relief from St Clements crypt (Rome, Italy); right: from ancient Roman town Nina near Frankfurt (archaeological museum Frankfurt, Germany)
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