The New Mithraeum
18 Jan 2026
Krater in yellowish brown terracotta (H. 0.32 diam. 0.36), found in the Southern
part of the [Friedberg] Mithraeum in 1849. Darmstadt, Museum.
Ch. Dieffenbach in AHGA 258ff and fig. 2; Goldmann, 292 and Pl. IT, 17;
MMM II 359 No. 2a8j and fig. 240. See fig.269. We are very grateful to Dr
W. Jorns, Director of the Museum at Darmstadt for his help and his per-
mission to study the monuments in his badly damaged Museum.
Serpents are twining round each handle and round the body. Besides the body
is decorated with a scorpion and a ladder in relief. Part of the foot, of one handle
and of the body are lost…
part of the [Friedberg] Mithraeum in 1849. Darmstadt, Museum.
Ch. Dieffenbach in AHGA 258ff and fig. 2; Goldmann, 292 and Pl. IT, 17;
MMM II 359 No. 2a8j and fig. 240. See fig.269. We are very grateful to Dr
W. Jorns, Director of the Museum at Darmstadt for his help and his per-
mission to study the monuments in his badly damaged Museum.
Serpents are twining round each handle and round the body. Besides the body
is decorated with a scorpion and a ladder in relief. Part of the foot, of one handle
and of the body are lost…
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