The New Mithraeum
3 Jun 2009
Updated on May 2026
J. J. Hatt in CRAI 1955, 405ff; CAAAH 1957, 51ff with figs. gives the first preliminary information concerning the find of a Mithraeum found on the so-called Siltzberg at Mackwiller (section B2). The Mithraeum was constructed about A.D. 150 and next to it there was a small wooden sanctuary for an indigenous well-god. The ground-plan proper of the Mithras sanctuary is still unknown, because it is hidden by a square cella with a vase in the pavement of its floor. The Mithraic monuments, all in the Archaeological Museum in Strasbourg, were found in 1955–1958 under this pavement. These sculptures were destroyed in A.D…
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