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
TNMM 1398 ↔ CIMRM 1198
Altar in red sandstone (H. 0.768 Br. 0.435 D. 0.235).
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.
References
Drexel, 91f No. 49 and Pl. XV, 14.
- Vermaseren, Maarten Jozef (1956) Corpus Inscriptionum et Monumentorum Religionis Mithriacae
