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Monumentum

Mithräum I von Heddernheim

First Mithraic sanctuary discovered at Heddernheim (ancient Nida) in 1826, with finds preserved in the Städtisches Museum at Wiesbaden.
 
The New Mithraeum
26 May 2026
Mithraeum I found near Heddernheim in the "Heidenfeld" in 1826. The finds are at Wiesbaden, Städtisches Museum, Sammlung Nassauischer Altertümer. I herewith express my gratitude to the Director Dr. H. Schoppa for his permission to study and to photograph the monuments.Habel in Ann. Ver. Nass. Alt. I (2) 1830, 161 and Pl. IV. See fig. 273. Lajard, Rech., Pl. CVI; Wolff, Römerkastell, Pl. IV; MMM II 362 No. 25i and fig. 248; Leclerq, Dict. Ant. Chrét., fig. 8206.One enters the Mithraeum (L. 11.25 Br. 7.20) on the south (B)-side by means of seven(?) steps (L. 1.07 Br. 0.62 H. 0…

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