The New Mithraeum
28 May 2026
Fragment of a statue in sandstone (H. 0.20 Br. 0.20) found in the W. part of the village when a cellar was dug in 1848. It may belong to the Mithraeum.Duncker in Zeit. Hess. G. VIII, 1879, 11; Wolff, Römerkastell Gr. Kr., 48f; MMM II 353f No. 247bis and figs. 224–225; Wolff, Kastell Gr. Kr., 30 No. 26 and Pl. VI a, b; Kutsch, Hanau, 88, 4. See fig. 303. Kindly supplied by Dr. H. Birkner.Upon a base with inscription one foot of a standing person. The foot is placed upon the remnants of a serpent near the lower part of a vase. On the reverse of the statue two handpalms.
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