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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
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.

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