Monumentum
Altars of Sol and Luna from Mundelsheim
The altars of the gods of the Sun and Moon found in the Mithraeum of Mundelsheim wear openwork segments that could be lighten from behind.
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12 Jan 2022
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In 1989, a Mithraeum with three rooms came to light in Mundelsheim in Baden-Württemberg, to the south-west of the property of a Roman villa rustica discovered in 1925. The building, the outer dimensions of which are 17.6 x 7.2 m, was in use from the first half of the 2nd century C.E. to the beginning of the 3rd. Two rooms, very likely having served as the antechamber and kitchen, precede a spelaeum, the central aisle of which leads up to a socle that was intended to receive a tauroctonic relief.
Data
- Location
Mithräum von Mundelsheim, Germania superior (Gallia) Muldelsheim (Germany) - Current location
Landesmuseum Württemberg [R 89] Stuttgart (Germany) - Type
- Labels
- Dimensions H. 73 W. 46 D. 26 cm
- Discovery date 1989
- Material Sandstone
- Canonical URI
mithraeum.eu/monument/386
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