Monumentum
Altar with palm decoration from Gross-Krotzenburg
Red sandstone altar from the Mithraeum at Gross-Krotzenburg, with decorated cornice, found at 1.30 metres from the cult relief
The New Mithraeum
28 May 2026
TNMM 2159 ↔ CIMRM 1150
Altar in red sandstone (H. 0.80 Br. 0.29 D. 0.16) the base of which was found near 3 at a distance of 1.30 mtr from the cult-relief.
Wolff, Römerkastell Gr. Kr., 42f and Pl. I; MMM II 353c; Wolff, Kastell Gr. Kr., 29 No. 24 and Pl. VI, 1; Kutsch, Hanau II Pl. VI, 1; Esp-Rec. Germ., No. 67.
The cornice of the altar is decorated with spirals. Above it the head of Sol in radiate crown between two volutes with bulls' heads. On the r. side an axe and a sheath of a dagger or knife; on the l. side a patera and a jug. The front has an inscription:
References
- Vermaseren, Maarten Jozef (1956) Corpus Inscriptionum et Monumentorum Religionis Mithriacae
