Monumentum
Lion with ox head from Mithraeum III, Aquincum
Sandstone statue from near Mithraeum III at Aquincum, Pannonia Inferior, depicting a lion to the right with an open frontal mouth, holding an ox head between its forefeet with a red-painted tongue.
The New Mithraeum
27 May 2026
TNMM 1762 ↔ CIMRM 1761
At a distance of about 300 paces east of the Krempelmühle the following finds were made. No traces of a Mithraeum, therefore Nagy is of the opinion that these Nos. 1761–1766 belong to Mithraeum III.
Statue in sandstone (H. 0.45). Budapest, National Museum.
Kuzsinsky in JOAI II 1899 (Beibl.) 58 No. 12 and fig. 20; Aquincum, 93 No. 25 and fig. 40.
Standing Cautopates in Oriental dress and cross-legged. He holds a burning torch downwards in his r.h. The l. part of his body is partly covered by a shield.
References
- Vermaseren, Maarten Jozef (1956) Corpus Inscriptionum et Monumentorum Religionis Mithriacae
