The New Mithraeum

From the two preceding finds it may be concluded, that there was a Mithraeum at Heiligkreuz.

A bronze votive slab (Br. 0.12), found at Heiligkreuz in a hill and in the neigh- bourhood of a well.

Head in limestone from the Jura (H. 0.18) found "bei der Anlage des (von der Hospitalwiese) nach Heiligkreuz hinauffiihrenden Weges" on the slope of the hill (1864).

Marble inscription recording the dedication of a cult image to the unconquered Mithras by a certain pater Valerius Marinus from Rome.

A collection of 284 coins from 254 A.

In the back of the sanctuary, on the spot of the main relief, there lay on a fragment of this monument the skeleton of a man of about thirty or fourty years old.

At about 20 mtrs from the Mithraeum, two altars, dedicated to Sucellus and Nantosvelta, have been found (Michaelis, 154ff; S. Reinach in Revue celtique, XVII, 1896, 45ff; Keune in WsdZ 1896, 340f; Fisenne, 168ff).

Among the remnants of numerous lamps, a small terracotta lamp (H. 0.038 Br. 0.07) draws the attention.

Numerous bones of animals, such as birds (mostly hens), beasts of prey (jaw- bones and fangs of wolves, foxes and martens) and the muzzle of a wild boar.

1) A broad stone vase (H. 0.45 diam. 0.15) with a high foot and two ears near the mouth.

Fragment of a trachyte brazier.

elL XIII 4451; MMM II No.

Several bases and altars were discovered, mostly fragmentary and without any indication.

A hand (H. 0.18 Br. 0.12) of more than natural size.

Two female heads (H. 0.165 Br. 0.14 D.O.12; H. 0.13 Br. 0.085 D. 0.09).

Naked torso (H. 0.145 Br. 0.16 D. 0.08) of a robust body.

Fragment (H. 0.75 Br. 0.15 D. 0.12) of a standing, naked man with a bird (cock?) on his 1.

The upper part of a dressed male person (H. 0.20 Br. 0.23 D. 0.105) with a wreath or broad ring in his r.

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Mouth of a fountain (H. 0.10 Br. 0.09) and a square spout and other fragments of round spouts.