Monumentum
Red sandstone tauroctony from Heddernheim
Relief in red sandstone originally standing on a base in Mithraeum I at Heddernheim, ancient Nida, featuring the bull-slaying scene.
The New Mithraeum
26 May 2026
Relief in red sandstone (H. 0.68 Br. 0.35 D. 0.08–0.10). Inv. No. 241 which originally must have stood on a base near K or L (See plan).Habel, Mithrastempel, 180, 3 and Pl. III, 2; Hammer, Mithriaca, Pl. XIV, 6; Lajard, Rech., Pl. CIV, 5; MMM II 366f and fig. 249; Lehner, Führer Wiesb., 56 No. 241; Esp. Rec. Germ., 97f No. 142 and fig. See fig. 277.Cautopates in Oriental dress standing cross-legged on a base. With both hands he holds a torch downwards.
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