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Locus

[Neuenheim]

Neuenheim lies in an area occupied since at least the Iron Age, with a Celtic hilltop refuge and cult site on the nearby Heiligenberg from the 5th century BC. From around 40 - 45 CE, the site developed into a Roman vicus associated with a castellum.

Mithraic monuments of [Neuenheim]

 

Mithräum von Neuenheim

Only a small part of the Neuenheim Mithraeum has been excavated.

CIMRM 1282

 

Mithras riding a horse from Neuenheim

Mithras galloping, in a cypress forest, carrying a globe in one hand and accompanied by a lion and a snake.

CIMRM 1289

 

Tauroctony from Neuenheim

The Tauroctony relief of Neuenheim, Heidelberg, includes several scenes from the deeds of Mithras and other gods.

CIMRM 1283

 

Multi-deity base from Neuenheim

Red sandstone base from the Mithraeum at Neuenheim with representations of deities on each of its four sides

CIMRM 1284

 

Rock-birth base from Neuenheim

Rocky base from the Mithraeum at Neuenheim probably originally supporting a representation of Mithras' rock-birth

CIMRM 1285

 

Altar of Candidius Quartus from Neuenheim

Altar from the Mithraeum at Neuenheim dedicated to Iovi optimo maximo by Candidius Quartus

CIMRM 1286

 

Altar of Sentionius Tertinus from Neuenheim

Sandstone altar fragment from the Mithraeum at Neuenheim dedicated by Sentionius Tertinus

CIMRM 1287

 

Minor finds from Neuenheim

Lance point, key, bronze lamp, and pottery and brick fragments from the Mithraeum at Neuenheim

CIMRM 1288

 

Cautopates statue from Neuenheim

Statue of Cautopates from Neuenheim, holding a downward torch with both hands, now in the Kurpfälzisches Museum at Heidelberg

CIMRM 1290

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