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Monumentum

Rock-birth base from Neuenheim

Rocky base from the Mithraeum at Neuenheim probably originally supporting a representation of Mithras' rock-birth
 
The New Mithraeum
27 May 2026

TNMM 1556 ↔ CIMRM 1285

Rocky base (H. 0.31 Br. 0.22).

Creuzer, 58, VII; 60; Stark, Zwei Mithräen, 26; Maionica, Felsengeburt, 42 No. XIII; MMM II 347 and 508g.

A base which probably bore a representation of Mithras' rockbirth. A head without a Phrygian cap and a hand with a globe were found. These fragments belong to the same representation.

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