Monumentum
Ritual lamps and cult equipment from Rudchester
Stone lamp installation, vessels and bronze chain links associated with ritual activity inside the Mithraeum of Vindobala.
The New Mithraeum
27 May 2026
TNMM 2055 ↔ CIMRM 843F
'An amorphous lump of stone (L. 0.31) had a slot (L. 0.20 Br. 0.04 D. 0.04). The edges of the slot were reddened by fire. Filled with oil and equipped with floating wicks it could have functioned as a lamp' (Gillam, 211).
'Three lamps and a vessel were found in mutual association immediately west of the presumed end of the south bench.' Two links of bronze chain, found in front of the dais.
References
- Vermaseren, Maarten Jozef (1956) Corpus Inscriptionum et Monumentorum Religionis Mithriacae
