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Mercury relief from Heddernheim

Weathered sandstone relief from Mithraeum I at Heddernheim, ancient Nida, showing a standing Mercury whose body is covered by a shoulder cape
 
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27 May 2026
Relief in sandstone (H. 0.74 Br. 0.52 D. 0.17). Inv. No. 280.Habel, Mithrastempel, 180, 5 and Pl. VI, 2; MMM II 367i and fig. 252; Lehner, Führer Wiesb., 57 No. 280; Esp. Rec. Germ., 99 No. 146 and fig. See fig. 281.Weathered relief with standing Mercury whose body is covered only by a shoulder-cape. In his l.h. he holds a caduceus upwards; in his r.h. he holds a purse. Next to his feet a lying ram. Left to Mercury's winged head there is a bird.

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