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Monumentum

Sandstone shell basin from Mithraeum III, Carnuntum

Sandstone shell from Mithraeum III at Carnuntum, Pannonia Superior, probably mounted on a base and serving as a cult water basin.

The New Mithraeum

27 May 2026

Shell in sandstone (H. 0.25 diam. 0.49), found near r.MMM II fig. 439.The shell probably rested upon a base and served as a basin.

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