Monumentum
Mithraeum at Schachadorf
Small rectangular Mithraic sanctuary (spelaeum 8.00 m long) found in 1935–36 in a gravel terrace at Schachadorf near Wartberg an der Krems, Noricum; the building is divided into a pronaos and an inner cult room, and shows traces of fire destruction.
The New Mithraeum
27 May 2026
TNMM 1566 ↔ CIMRM 1409
A small rectangular Mithraeum found in the "Schottergrube der Gemeinde Wartberg a. d. Krems im Aiterbachtale" in 1935–1936 (4.5 KM from Ried).
FÖ II, 1935–1938, 96, 118, 165, 187; JbOÖMV 87, 1937, 30f, 38f; Stroh, Führer, No. 34; Noll, Röm. Siedl., 66.
The spelaeum (L. 8.00) is constructed in the rubbish-dump ("Schotterterrasse") and is divided into two rooms. In the first room two bases (H. 0.48) for the torchbearers and on each side of them two lamps (C. Dessi, Cresce, Fortis, Vibiani), a greyish cup and a dish. In the second room before the backwall is a base for the statue of Mithras' rockbirth (No. 1410).
References
- Vermaseren, Maarten Jozef (1956) Corpus Inscriptionum et Monumentorum Religionis Mithriacae
