The New Mithraeum
27 May 2026
Base in white marble (H. 0.65 Br. 0.37 D. 0.27), found near 2. Inv. No. XXX.Gurlitt in JOAI 1899, 94 No. 2 and fig.; Abramić, 164f No. 227; Jahrb. f. Alterk., VII, 1913 Taf. XXIII, 5; Ferri, Arte Dan., 200 fig. 216–7; Loeschke in Tr. H., 316 fig. 4; Mostra, 721 No. 55; AIJ 136f No. 294 with fig.On the l. side of the altar the dressed bust of Sol in a crown of ten rays and with a whip in his r.h. On the r. side the dressed bust of Luna with crescent on her head. In the front a framed inscription (1490). Upon the base stood a statue of Mithras' rockbirth, because the lower part of the rock is still preserved.
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