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
TNMM 1270 ↔ CIMRM 850
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.
References
- Vermaseren, Maarten Jozef (1956) Corpus Inscriptionum et Monumentorum Religionis Mithriacae
