The New Mithraeum
19 Jan 2022
Updated on Nov 2023
Relief in bright sandstone (H. 0.475 Br. 0.285 D. 0.15) found in the pit of the sanctuary. Inv. No. 3638/52.
Standing male figure whose body is only partly dressed in a mantle. He has footwear. With his r.h. he holds a patera with offerings over an altar and in his l.h. he holds a cornucopia. The head, the r.h. and the upper part of the cornucopia are lost. Above the patera a kneeling child is partly visible. Next to his l. foot there is a basket with fruit on which a child is sleeping, its head resting on the crossed arms.
In the base an inscription:
CIMRM 1256L.H. 0.01-0.02.
D(eo)…
Standing male figure whose body is only partly dressed in a mantle. He has footwear. With his r.h. he holds a patera with offerings over an altar and in his l.h. he holds a cornucopia. The head, the r.h. and the upper part of the cornucopia are lost. Above the patera a kneeling child is partly visible. Next to his l. foot there is a basket with fruit on which a child is sleeping, its head resting on the crossed arms.
In the base an inscription:
CIMRM 1256L.H. 0.01-0.02.
D(eo)…
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