Mithraic monuments of Pons Saravi

Mithréum de Sarrebourg

CIMRM 965

This rock-cut Mithraeum occupies the north-eastern slope of the Grand-Rebberg at Saarburg, featuring a stepped entrance, a sloping central aisle, lateral benches, and a spring-fed water conduit.
Tauroctony from Sarrebourg

CIMRM 966

The Tauroctony of Saarbourg (Sarrebourg, ancient Pons Sarravi), France, contains most of Mithras deeds known in a single relief.
Cautes and Cautopates of Sarrebourg

CIMRM 968

The base of these sandstone reliefs bears an inscription referring to a certain Marcellius Marianus.
Relief fragment of naked man from Saarburg Mithraeum

CIMRM 970

The right lower corner of a relief fragment from the Mithraeum at Pons Saravi (modern Saarburg) in Belgica, showing a standing naked man holding his hands crosswise on his breast, with the upper part and head lost.
Relief fragment of robed male figure from Saarburg Mithraeum

CIMRM 971

The upper part of a dressed male figure from the Mithraeum at Pons Saravi (modern Saarburg) in Belgica, holding a wreath or broad ring in the right hand and a round object in the other, tentatively identified as Aion but without sufficient evidence.
Fragment of Mercury with bird from Saarburg Mithraeum

CIMRM 972

A fragment from the Mithraeum at Pons Saravi (modern Saarburg) in Belgica, showing a standing naked man with a bird, possibly a cock, on his left arm, tentatively identified as Mercury, with the head, hands, and parts of the legs lost.
Naked torso possibly of rock-birth Mithras from Saarburg Mithraeum

CIMRM 973

A naked torso of a robust figure, preserved as far as the navel with head and arms lost, from the Mithraeum at Pons Saravi (modern Saarburg) in Belgica, possibly representing the rock-birth of Mithras.
Two female stone heads from Saarburg Mithraeum

CIMRM 974

Two female stone heads of varying sizes, found in the Mithraeum at Pons Saravi (modern Saarburg) in Belgica.
Oversized stone hand with projection from Saarburg Mithraeum

CIMRM 975

A stone hand of more than natural size from the Mithraeum at Pons Saravi (modern Saarburg) in Belgica, with the thumb touching the index finger and a rectangular projection in the palm on which an object was probably fastened.

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People attested in Pons Saravi

Marceleus Marianus
(3rd century)

Inscriptions from Pons Saravi

Tauroctony from Sarrebourg

In h[onorem] d[omus] d[ivinae] deo inv[ict]o Marceleus Marianus / d[e] / s[uo] p[osuit].

In honour of the divine house, Marceleus Marianus set [this] up to the god Invictus at his own expense.

Cautes and Cautopates of Sarrebourg

ar / ... marli ... Marc/ellius Maria[nu]s de / suo posuit.

[— ar / … marli …] Marcellius Marianus set [this] up at his own expense.

References

Retable de Mithra

Mithraic monuments of Pons Saravi

Mithréum de Sarrebourg

Tauroctony from Sarrebourg

Cautes and Cautopates of Sarrebourg

Relief fragment of naked man from Saarburg Mithraeum

Relief fragment of robed male figure from Saarburg Mithraeum

Fragment of Mercury with bird from Saarburg Mithraeum

Naked torso possibly of rock-birth Mithras from Saarburg Mithraeum

Two female stone heads from Saarburg Mithraeum

Oversized stone hand with projection from Saarburg Mithraeum

People attested in Pons Saravi

Inscriptions from Pons Saravi

Tauroctony from Sarrebourg

Cautes and Cautopates of Sarrebourg

References