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Monumentum

Mithras rock-born of Septeuil

A serpent emerging from a umbilicus at the side of the stele coils over Mithras naked body.

Sculpture of Mithras emerging from the rock from Septeuil.Michael Fuller

The New Mithraeum

27 May 2021

Updated on May 2026

TNMM 288

D’un côté le dieu, torse nu, émerge à mi-corps de la terre sur une stèle. Un serpent à crêtes, issu d’un ombilic creusé sur le côté droit de la stèle, s’enroule sur le personnage, dont la tête est martelée.

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Mithréum de Septeuil

In the second half of the 4th century, a Mithraic temple was established within an earlier spring sanctuary at Septeuil, where the cult of the nymphs and Mithraic practices appear to have coexisted.