Mithräum von Osterburken

TNMM 70 ↔ CIMRM 1291

A large Mithras relief was found at Osterburken when a cellar was dug not far from the Kirnachbrücke at the beginning of the Bofsheimerstrasze in 1861. The relief points to a Mithraeum which, however, could not be excavated bodily owing to the water of a well in the immediate neighbourhood. The monument had been covered carefully with sand and before it stood two altars in sandstone (H. 1.28 and 1.10 Br. 0.59 and 0.65 D. 0.19 and 0.23). At a depth of 2.40 mtrs a wall was discovered in N-E direction which was connected with another semi-circular wall in N-W direction (probably the apse of the sanctuary). On the pavement were fragments in red yellow and green stucco. Fragments of pottery and two small lamps were found.