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Monumentum

Red sandstone altar from Stockstadt

Red sandstone altar from Stockstadt, featuring a square cavity in the front that contained a fragment of crystal and a small lamp.

The New Mithraeum

24 Jan 2026

Altar in red sandstone (H. 0.768 Br. 0.435 D. 0.235).Drexel, 91f No. 49 and Pl. XV, 14.Upon the altar a sacrificing dish between two volutes. In the centre of the front is a square hole (0.14), which could be covered by a glass plate. In this opening a fragment of crystal was found (L. 0.082 Br. 0.04) together with a small lamp. The hole was pierced through the altar.

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