The New Mithraeum
28 May 2026
Plate in sandstone (H. 0.94 Br. 0.58) found at Beihingen in the Neckar-valley not far from Ludwigsburg. Stuttgart, Württembergisches Landesmuseum.Sixt in Würt. Vierteljahreshefte 1893, 326f; Sixt, Führer Stuttgart, 17 No. 57; MMM II 506 No. 241bis.On one side a youth in Oriental dress standing in a vaulted niche. In his r.h. a bow; he rests his head on his l.h. On the other side, also in an arched niche, a standing person with lion's(?) head and two large wings. He holds his l.h. with an oblong object (key?) against his breast. It may be an Aion.It is possible, that the monument is Mithraic…
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