Monumentum
Lying lion from Mithraeum II, Heddernheim
Red sandstone statue of a lying lion with a hollow channel running through its body, from Mithraeum II at Heddernheim, ancient Nida
Lying lion from Mithraeum II, HeddernheimCIMRM
The New Mithraeum
27 May 2026
TNMM 1516 ↔ CIMRM 1112
A statue in red sandstone (H. 0.18 Br. 0.29) broken in two fragments. Inv. No. 272.
Habel, 195 No. 2 and Pl. V, 7, 7a; Lajard, Rech., Pl. CV, 2, 2a; MMM II 371 and figs. 274–275; Lehner, Führer Wiesb., 57 No. 272; Esp. Rec. Germ., 101 No. 151 and fig. See fig. 287.
Lying lion. An opening goes from the snout through the body into the base.
References
- Vermaseren, Maarten Jozef (1956) Corpus Inscriptionum et Monumentorum Religionis Mithriacae
