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Sol altar from Mithraeum I, Stockstadt

Yellow sandstone altar from Mithraeum I at Stockstadt bearing a bust of Sol in radiate crown holding a whip, with a pierced square hole at the base
 
The New Mithraeum
27 May 2026
Altar in yellow sandstone (H. 0.78 Br. 0.34 D. 0.195).Drexel, 92 No. 50 and Pl. XV, 12. See fig. 315.At the bottom is a square hole, which is pierced through the whole altar. Above it a bust of Sol in radiate crown; he holds in his r.h. a whip.In the upper rim a vase between two rosettes.On the l. side a patera with handle; on the r. side a cypress.

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