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Rock-birth base fragment with serpent from Königshoffen

Dark red sandstone fragment from the Mithraeum at Königshoffen preserving part of a rock base with a serpent's tail; the white-painted front suggests a rock-birth composition.
 
The New Mithraeum
28 May 2026
Fragment in dark red sandstone (H. 0.20) found near 2.Forrer, MH 45 and fig. 46.Fragment of a base on which part of a rock and of the tail of a serpent. The front is painted white: Mithras' rockbirth?

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