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Monumentum

Mithräum von Gimmeldingen

The few remains of the Mithraeum of Gimmeldingen are preserved at the Historical Museum of the Palatinate, in Speyer, Germany.
 
The New Mithraeum
2 Jun 2009
Updated on Oct 2023
The St. Nicholas Church was on the premises a Mithras sanctuary from the Roman period, 325 AD. It have been built by the Roman Materninius Faustinus. In 1926, the building foundation walls and a stone relief image were found.

At Gimmeldingen in the Pfalz a Mithraeum was excavated in 1926. It is situated in the immediate neighbourhood of the ruins of a Gothic chapel in a steep slope between the Oberweg and the Loblocherstrasze. The finds are at Speyer, Historisches Museum der Pfalz. Im am grateful to Dr. Roller for his permission to take photographs of the monuments and for his information.

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Inscription of Corax Materninius Faustinus from Gimmeldingen

The inscription was located at the base of the main Tauroctony of the Gimmeldingen Mithraeum.

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Tauroctony from Gimmeldingen

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Altar to Luna from Gimmeldingen

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