Vindobala

Mithraeum of Rudchester

CIMRM 838

The Mithraeum of Rudchester was discovered in 1844 on the brow of the hill outside the roman station.

Decorated altar with rock-birth scene from the Rudchester Mithraeum

CIMRM 839

A decorated altar from the Mithraeum at Vindobala (modern Rudchester), with the letters DEO crowned with vittae on the shaft, surrounded by palm-branches, a representation of Mithras' rock-birth on the capital, and on the front of the die a naked figure grasping a bull's horns, three daggers and a bull's head.

Inscription of L. Sentius Castus of the Sixth Legion from the Rudchester Mithraeum

CIMRM 840

The inscription on the decorated altar No. 839 from the Mithraeum at Vindobala (modern Rudchester), recording a gift to the Deity by L. Sentius Castus, a soldier of the Sixth Legion.

Altar of Titullus from Rudchester

CIMRM 841

This sandstone altar from the Mithraeum of Vindobala (modern Rudchester) preserves a dedication to the Invincible Mithras by P. Aelius Titullus, prefect of a cohort.

Inscription of Tib. Claudius Decimus Cornelius Antonius from Rudchester

CIMRM 842

Dedication from the Mithraeum of Rudchester recording the restoration of a temple dedicated to Sol Invictus.

Inscription to Sol Apollo Anicetus from Rudchester

CIMRM 843

Fragmentary inscription from Vindobala preserving a rare dedication to “Sol Apollo Anicetus” within a Mithraic context on Hadrian’s Wall.

Altar of Aponius Rogatianus from Rudchester

Sandstone altar from the Mithraeum of Vindobala bearing a dedication to Sol Invictus and Mithras by the prefect Aponius Rogatianus.

Uninscribed altars from Rudchester

CIMRM 843B

Group of five uninscribed ritual altars discovered at different points inside the Mithraeum of Vindobala.

Destroyed cult statue from Rudchester

CIMRM 843C

Mithraic statue from Vindobala discovered in 1844 and subsequently broken up.