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Monumentum

Mithräum von Dieburg

There are references to two places of worship from Dieburg, whereby the Mithraeum, discovered in 1926.
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The New Mithraeum
31 Dec 2020
Updated on Dec 2023
A Mithraeum found at Dieburg at the corner of the Minnefelderseestrasze (Fr. Eberstrasze) and the Forsthausstrasze in the N-E part of the town in 1926.

Behn in Gnomon II 1926 685ff; NDV II 1926 81ff; FuF 11 1926 193ff; Angelos II 1927 163ff; die Umsshau 31 1929 272ff; M. Dieburg; cf. Lehner in BJ 133 1928 248ff; Cumont in JS 1927 122ff; JRS XVII 1927 233f; Nock in Gnomon 6 1930 30ff; Deubner in ARW XXXIII 1936 124; Esp. Rec. Germ. 163ff; Koepp Germ. Rom. 58ff. See fig. 322. (from Behn).

The Mithraeum is built of trachyte from Eppertshausen near Dieburg. The sanctuary in East-West orientation (L 11.20 Br. 5…

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