Monumentum
Altar with beneficiarius staff from Friedberg
Sandstone altar decorated with ritual vessels and the hooked staff associated with Roman beneficiarii.
The New Mithraeum
27 May 2026
TNMM 1480 ↔ CIMRM 1064
Altar in sandstone (H. 0.83 Br. 0.44) probably stood originally on base 2.
Goldmann, 312 and Pl. II, 13 and 13a.
On the r. side of the altar a plate and a jug; on the l. side a staff with two knobs and with a hook at its end (symbol of the beneficiarii). In the front an inscription:
References
- Vermaseren, Maarten Jozef (1956) Corpus Inscriptionum et Monumentorum Religionis Mithriacae
