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Aequinoctium

Aequinoctium occupied an important position along the Danubian frontier communications routes.

Mithraic monuments of Aequinoctium

 

Rock-birth relief from Schwadorf

Limestone relief from Schwadorf, ancient Aequinoctium in Pannonia Superior, depicting the naked Mithras being born from the rock with a serpent encircling it, flanked by torchbearers; one of the finest examples of this iconographic type from the Danubian region.

CIMRM 1651

 

Altar of Aurelius Statorius to Petra Genetrix from Schwadorf

Inscription from Schwadorf, ancient Aequinoctium in Pannonia Superior, dedicated to Petrae genetrici dei — the rock that gives birth to the god — by Aurelius Statorius.

CIMRM 1652

 

Large tauroctony relief from Schwadorf

Fragment of a large sandstone tauroctony relief from Schwadorf, ancient Aequinoctium, depicting Mithras killing the bull; the upper part of the god's body, his head, the end of the tail, and the scorpion are lost.

CIMRM 1653

 

Second tauroctony relief from Schwadorf

Fragment of a sandstone tauroctony relief from Schwadorf area, ancient Aequinoctium in Pannonia Superior, depicting Mithras killing the bull; the upper part of Mithras's body, the head, and parts of the bull are lost.

CIMRM 1654

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