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Hercules and Cerberus from Stockstadt

Fragment of a red sandstone relief from Mithraeum I at Stockstadt showing Hercules dragging a collared Cerberus from a cave while holding a club
 
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27 May 2026
Fragment of a relief in red sandstone (H. 0.30 Br. 0.31 D. 0.09).Drexel, 87 No. 18 and Pl. XIII, 9.Standing Hercules dragging Cerberus out of a cave. The dog has a collar and a chain. Hercules holds a club in his upraised r.h. The upper part of the god's body is partly restored.

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