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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 Dieburg
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The New Mithraeum
11 Oct 2023
Updated on Nov 2023

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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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