Monumentum
Ritual cups and coins from Mithraeum II, Stockstadt
Four small painted cups buried in a row under the niche floor at Mithraeum II, Stockstadt, one still containing a piece of sulphur; with coins of Augustus, Hadrian, and Antoninus Pius
The New Mithraeum
27 May 2026
TNMM 2116 ↔ CIMRM 1219
In the niche under the floor four small, brown, painted cups came to light which had been placed in a row at equal distances. Each of them was accurately encircled by stones. One of them was still covered well and contained a small piece of sulphur.
Three coins (Augustus, Hadrianus, Antoninus Pius) and some other small finds were found.
We have probably to do with a building sacrifice and so the Mithraeum can be placed in the second half of the second century. Later on it was destroyed by fire and used as a rubbish pit as is shown by the pottery (Schleiermacher, 49).
References
- Vermaseren, Maarten Jozef (1956) Corpus Inscriptionum et Monumentorum Religionis Mithriacae
