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.
References
- Vermaseren, Maarten Jozef (1956) Corpus Inscriptionum et Monumentorum Religionis Mithriacae