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Monumentum

Statue of a mother goddess with child

This unusual statue in Mithraic iconography of a mother nursing a child was found in the vestibule of the Mithraeum of Dieburg.
 
The New Mithraeum
11 Oct 2023
Updated on May 2026
Statue in red sandstone (H. 0.23 Br. 0.18 D. 0.12), found near 8. Inv. No. 3641/52.
Behn 35 No. 14 and fig. 39. See fig. 331.
Goddess sitting on a throne and nursing a child.

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