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Monumentum

Silver votive crescent from Linz

Several thin silver fragments from the Mithraeum at Linz, ancient Lentia, reconstructed as a votive object surmounted by a crescent or two horns; paralleled in sanctuaries of Jupiter Dolichenus.

The New Mithraeum

28 May 2026

Several small thin fragments of silver (L. 0.15 Br. 0.057), which may be reconstructed into a votive gift, the top of which is decorated with either a crescent or two horns. They have also been found in sanctuaries of Jupiter Dolichenus (Karnitsch, 234 No. 136 and Pl. X).

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