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Monumentum

Seated Mother-goddess from the Carrawburgh Mithraeum

A small stone pedestal and the fallen statue of a seated Mother-goddess from the Mithraeum at Procolitia (modern Carrawburgh), depicting a figure of ungainly proportions enfolding in her arms a basket resting on her knees, found in the corner behind the screen at the east end of the temple.
 
The New Mithraeum
Updated on May 2026
From the corner formed by the screen and the east wall of the Mithraeum at Procolitia (modern Carrawburgh).A small pedestal of stone, 16 inches high, at the foot of which was found the fallen statue of a seated Mother-goddess, also 16 inches high, of broad ungainly proportions, enfolding in her arms a basket with rests on her knees. Beyond the pedestal stood also the base of a sizeable jar, presumably for offerings.

CIMRM II 850
Richmond, 73 and Pl. XV, b.

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