Monumentum
Group of altars from the Housesteads Mithraeum
A group of four altars from the Mithraeum at Borcovicium (modern Housesteads): two found in 1822 bearing inscriptions Nos. 863 and 864, and two more found in 1898, one dedicated to Mars and Victoria (No. 865) and one to Cocidius (No. 866), the last possibly belonging to an adjacent shrine.
The New Mithraeum
Updated on May 2026
TNMM 1278 ↔ CIMRM 861
Group of altars from the Mithraeum at Borcovicium (modern Housesteads).
Two altars found in 1822: one (H. 1.17) with inscription No. 863, the other (H. 1.50) with inscription No. 864.
Two other altars found in 1898: the first, only the upper part preserved (H. 0.43), dedicated to Mars and Victoria (No. 865); the second (H. 0.45), dedicated to Cocidius (No. 866), found in the west corner.
References
- Vermaseren, Maarten Jozef (1956) Corpus Inscriptionum et Monumentorum Religionis Mithriacae
