Monumentum
Mithraeum I of Stockstadt
The Mithraeum I in Stockstadt contained images of Mithras but also of Mercury, Hercules, Diana and Epona, among others.
Excavation by the Reichs-Limeskommission 1903
Bayerisches Landesamt für Denkmalpflege, München
Cut through the excavation area
Bayerisches Landesamt für Denkmalpflege, München
Cut through the excavation area
Bayerisches Landesamt für Denkmalpflege, München
CIMRM 1158
Vermaseren's Corpus
Silver-plated copper plate of Stockstadt.
Olivier-Antoine Reÿnès
Raven of Stockstadt.
The New Mithraeum / @andreu.abuin (CC BY-SA)
Cautes of Stockstadt
Carole Raddato (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Cautopates of Stockstadt
Carole Raddato (CC BY-SA 2.0)
The New Mithraeum
16 Jan 2022
Updated on Apr 2026
At Stockstadt east of the Roman Camp and in the neighbourhood of a Dolichenum a Mithraeum I was found in 1908. The monuments are at Bad Homburg v. d. H. in the Saalburg Museum and I want to express my gratitude to Mr. Schönberger for the photographs sent to me.
Drexel, Stockstadt, 25ff and Pl. V, 2 (See fig. 304) and Pl. VI, 4; Esp. Rec. Germ., 182ff.
Before the rectangular building (L. 13.00 Br. 7.80) a pronaos must have been situated as there was a stone base for the support of a wooden beam at a 3.15 mtrs’ distance from the entrance. This entrance (Br. 1.25) leads into a central aisle (Br. 4.20)…
Drexel, Stockstadt, 25ff and Pl. V, 2 (See fig. 304) and Pl. VI, 4; Esp. Rec. Germ., 182ff.
Before the rectangular building (L. 13.00 Br. 7.80) a pronaos must have been situated as there was a stone base for the support of a wooden beam at a 3.15 mtrs’ distance from the entrance. This entrance (Br. 1.25) leads into a central aisle (Br. 4.20)…
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