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Monumentum

Mercury base with tortoise from Dieburg

Red sandstone base of a Mercury statue from the Mithraeum at Dieburg, preserving only the tortoise attribute at the god's feet

The New Mithraeum

28 May 2026

Base in red sandstone (H. 0.11 Br. 0.155 D. 0.12).Nass., 29 No. 11.Only the base of a statue of Mercury with a tortoise (Br. 0.07).

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