Monumentum
Altar with globe and patera from Königshoffen
Yellow sandstone altar from the Mithraeum at Königshoffen decorated with volutes enclosing small globes and a patera holding two iron rings; traces of fire or smoke are visible on the surface.
The New Mithraeum
28 May 2026
TNMM 2232 ↔ CIMRM 1350
Altar in yellow sandstone (H. 0.44 Br. 0.215–0.165 D. 0.17) found behind the entrance of the cella.
Forrer, MH 49 and Pl. XVI, 3.
The upper part of the altar is decorated with two volutes in which a small globe. In the centre another globe above which a patera. In this patera are two iron rings. There are traces of fire or smoke. The front has an inscription:
References
- Vermaseren, Maarten Jozef (1956) Corpus Inscriptionum et Monumentorum Religionis Mithriacae
