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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.
Mother and child sculpture of Dieburg
Mother and child sculpture of DieburgCIMRM
 
The New Mithraeum
11 Oct 2023
Updated on May 2026

TNMM 647 ↔ CIMRM 1262

Statue in red sandstone (H. 0.23 Br. 0.18 D. 0.12), found near 8. Inv. No. 3641/52.

Goddess sitting on a throne and nursing a child.

References

Behn 35 No. 14 and fig. 39. See fig. 331.

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