Monumentum
Mithras with bow from Dieburg
Statue in yellow sandstone found in the pit of the Mithraeum of Dieburg, showing Mithras standing beside an altar with bow and arrow, accompanied by a vase and associated with the water miracle.
Mithras with a boutstatue in yellow sandstone.
Following Hadrian
CIMRM 1249
Vermaseren's Corpus
The New Mithraeum
14 Aug 2021
Updated on Jan 2026
Statue in yellow sandstone (H. 0.39 Br. 0.22 D. 0.025-0.075), found in the pit of the Mithraeum. Inv. No. 145/52.
Mithras dressed in tunic and long shoulder-cape is standing next to an altar. He holds in his l.h. a bow and in his r.h. an indistinct object (arrow?). The head and the feet are lost (water-miracle). Next to his r. leg is a vase.
Behn 29 No. 3 and fig 28; Esp. Rec. Germ. 168 No. 248.
Mithras dressed in tunic and long shoulder-cape is standing next to an altar. He holds in his l.h. a bow and in his r.h. an indistinct object (arrow?). The head and the feet are lost (water-miracle). Next to his r. leg is a vase.
Behn 29 No. 3 and fig 28; Esp. Rec. Germ. 168 No. 248.
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