Altars of Sucellus and Nantosvelta from Sarrebourg

The New Mithraeum

10 Apr 2026

TNMM 1357 ↔ CIMRM 982

At about 20 mtrs from the Mithraeum, two altars, dedicated to Sucellus and Nantosvelta, have been found.

References

Michaelis, 154ff; S. Reinach in Revue celtique, XVII, 1896, 45ff; Keune in WsdZ 1896, 340f; Fisenne, 168ff.

Vermaseren, Maarten Jozef (1956) Corpus Inscriptionum et Monumentorum Religionis Mithriacae

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