This site uses cookies to offer you a better browsing experience.
Find out more on how we use cookies in our privacy policy.

 
Locus

Augusta Rauricorum

Augusta Rauricorum became one of the principal urban centres of the Upper Rhine region.

Mithraic monuments of Augusta Rauricorum

 

Altar of Secundus from Augst

Small altar from Augst, ancient Augusta Rauricorum, dedicated to Deo invicto by Secundus; found in the early nineteenth century and subsequently transferred to Colmar.

CIMRM 1386

 

Bronze Sol typum from Augst

Round perforated bronze plaque from Augst, ancient Augusta Rauricorum, bearing a dedication of an aurichalcum image of Sol to Deo invicto; interpreted by Cumont as evidence for identifying the dedicatee as Mithras.

CIMRM 1387

 

Tauroctony relief from Augst

Small limestone tauroctony relief from Augst, ancient Augusta Rauricorum, depicting the bull-slaying with dog and scorpion, flanked by cross-legged torchbearers in Oriental dress; Cautes holds a pedum alongside the upraised torch.

CIMRM 1388

 

Snake-vases from Augst

Serpent-vases (Schlangengefässe) attested at Augst, ancient Augusta Rauricorum, a ceramic type commonly associated with Mithraic cult assemblages in the Rhine provinces.

CIMRM 1389

Back to Top