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Nemaninga

Stockstadt am Main is a market municipality in the Aschaffenburg district in the Regierungsbezirk of Lower Franconia in Bavaria, Germany.

Mithraic monuments of Nemaninga

 

Votive plaque of Stockstadt

This plaque was found in Mithraeum I at Stockstadt broken into pieces inserted between the blocks of the socle of the cult relief, in the manner of a votive deposit.

CIMRM 1206

 

Mithraeum I of Stockstadt

The Mithraeum I in Stockstadt contained images of Mithras but also of Mercury, Hercules, Diana and Epona, among others.

CIMRM 1158

 

Mercury of Stockstadt

The Stockstadt Mercury carries a purse and a small child around which a snake is coiled.

 

Cautes and Cautopates of Stockstadt

Reliefs of Cautes and Cautopates dedicated by Florius Florentius of Saalburg and Ancarinius Severus.

CIMRM 1165

 

Mithraeum II of Stockstadt

The Mithraeum II in Stockstadt was in fact the first one known built in the vicus. It was destroyed by fire around 210.

 

CIMRM 1198

Red sandstone altar from Stockstadt, featuring a square cavity in the front that contained a fragment of crystal and a small lamp.

CIMRM 1198

 

CIMRM 1187

A fragmentary red sandstone relief preserves the upper part of three-headed Hekate holding a long object in her left hand.

CIMRM 1187

Inscriptions from Nemaninga

Votive plaque of Stockstadt

[D[eo]] i[nvicto] M[ithrae] et S[oli] s[ocio] Argata / v[otum] s[olvit] l[ibens] l[aetus] m[erito].
To the invincible god Mithras and his ally Sol, Argata has fulfilled his vow willingly, gladly and deservedly.

Cautes and Cautopates of Stockstadt

In honorem domus divinae Cauti et Cautopati Florius Florentius et Ancarinius Severus nepos votum solverunt libentes laeti merito Faustino et Rufino consulibus.
In honour of the divine house, at Cautes and Cautopates, Florius Florentius and Ancarinius Severus, his nephew, willingly, joyfully and justly fulfilled their vow, [Manius Acilius] Faus[tinus and [Aulus Triarius] Rufinus being consuls.

References

  • M. Mattern (2005) Römische Steindenkmäler aus Hessen südlich des Mains sowie vom bayerischen Teil des Mainlimes
  • Main Limes Museums (2022) Mithraeum I Stockstadt
  • Main Limes Museums (2022) Mithraeum II Stockstadt
  • W. Schleiermacher (1928) Das zweite Mithreum in Stockstadt a. Main, Germania 12
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