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Multi-figure relief assemblage from Rückingen

Group of sandstone relief fragments from Rückingen depicting multiple deities including a male head identified as Hercules
 
The New Mithraeum
27 May 2026
Various fragments of a relief in sandstone.Birkner, 359 Nos. 7–13 and Pls. 26, 1; 3; 5; 6; 7; 10; 12.a) (H. 0.40 D. 0.12). The fragment shows two reliefs separated by a horizontal border. Of the lower one only the head of a man, looking to the l. (Hercules) is preserved. On his right: part of a second head. In the border: Vepi and upon it the naked feet of a figure with a small part of the seam of a dress.b) H. 0.265. The upper part of a female figure preserved from the neck to the thighs. The r. arm downwards (lost) a fragment of a hand with small basket (Birkner, Pl. 26, 5a). The l. arm is side-ward; the l.h…

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