Monumentum
Stone vases and ritual vessels from Saarburg Mithraeum
A collection of ritual vessels from the Mithraeum at Pons Saravi (modern Saarburg) in Belgica, including a stone vase, a plate with a lion's head in relief, a terra-sigillata plate with a hunting scene, and an urn filled with ash, bird bones, and rings.
The New Mithraeum
Updated on May 2026
TNMM 1354 ↔ CIMRM 979
Ritual vessels from the Mithraeum at Pons Saravi (modern Saarburg), Belgica.
1) Stone vase (H. 0.45, diam. 0.15) with a high foot and two handles near the mouth. 2) Plate (H. 0.13, diam. 0.28) with a lion's head in relief. 3) Fragment of a red terra-sigillata plate (diam. 0.21) with a hunting scene. 4) A deep-grey urn with line-ornament found in the north-west angle of the sanctuary, filled with ash, bird bones, and two thin rings.
References
- Vermaseren, Maarten Jozef (1956) Corpus Inscriptionum et Monumentorum Religionis Mithriacae
