Monumentum
Hollow altar before the great relief from Königshoffen
Large sandstone altar from the Mithraeum at Königshoffen, hollowed out at the back with a circular opening in the top, which stood before the great tauroctony relief; the front bears a dedication to Deo invicto Mithrae.
The New Mithraeum
28 May 2026
TNMM 2245 ↔ CIMRM 1366
Fragments of an altar in sandstone (H. 0.50 Br. 0.60 D. 0.25). It stood before the large relief near 7.
Forrer, MH 56ff and Pl. XIX and fig. 55.
The altar is hollowed out in the back and it has an opening (diam. 0.41) in the top. The front has an inscription:
References
- Vermaseren, Maarten Jozef (1956) Corpus Inscriptionum et Monumentorum Religionis Mithriacae