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Snake-vases from Augst

Serpent-vases (Schlangengefässe) attested at Augst, ancient Augusta Rauricorum, a ceramic type commonly associated with Mithraic cult assemblages in the Rhine provinces.
 
The New Mithraeum
28 May 2026

TNMM 2268 ↔ CIMRM 1389

Staehelin, Schweiz, 552 n. 2. cf. AA 1908, 285 mentions the so-called snake-vases (Schlangengefässe) in Augst.

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