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Monumentum

CIMRM 1640

Two limestone sculptures depicting a recumbent lion and a lioness stood near the entrance of the Mithraeum of Fertőrákos, positioned at the threshold of the sanctuary.
  • Limestone lions from the Mithraeum of Fertőrákos.

    Limestone lions from the Mithraeum of Fertőrákos.
    © Soproni Múzeum / Ortolf Harl

  • Limestone lions from the Mithraeum of Fertőrákos.

    Limestone lions from the Mithraeum of Fertőrákos.
    © Soproni Múzeum / Ortolf Harl

  • Limestone lions from the Mithraeum of Fertőrákos.

    Limestone lions from the Mithraeum of Fertőrákos.
    © Soproni Múzeum / Ortolf Harl

  • CIMRM 1640-2

    CIMRM 1640-2
    Vermaseren's Corpus

 
The New Mithraeum
19 Feb 2026
Updated on May 2026

TNMM 953 ↔ CIMRM 1640

Near the entrance were statues in limestone (H. 0.40 Br. 0.60) of a lying lion and of a lioness.

References

Kenner, 123 and fig.2; MMM II No. 223d and fig. 195.

Related monuments

Mithraeum of Fertőrákos

The temple of Mithras in Fertorakos was constructed by soldiers from the Carnuntum legion at the beginning of the 3rd century AD.

Tauroctony relief of Fertőrákos

The main cultic relief of Mithras slaying the bull of Fertorakos was carved into the rock face.

 
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