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Locus

Rückingen

Roman fort and settlement on the Wetterau Limes.

Modern district of Erlensee occupying the site of a Roman auxiliary fort and its associated vicus. The ancient name is unknown.

Mithraic monuments of Rückingen

 

Fragmentary sandstone relief from Rückingen

Fragmentary sandstone relief from Rückingen showing a male figure walking right and holding a kantharos. Traces on the chest may indicate a torques or shoulder-cape.

CIMRM 1141

 

Tauroctony relief from Rückingen

Sandstone Mithras relief discovered in 1950 near Rückingen, proving the existence of a Mithraeum there from the late second to early third century AD

CIMRM 1136

 

Fragmentary sacred inscription from Rückingen

Fragmentary Latin inscription from Rückingen recording a dedication to a goddess whose name is only partially preserved

CIMRM 1139

 

Head in Phrygian cap from Rückingen

Small sandstone relief fragment from Rückingen preserving only the upper part of a head wearing a Phrygian cap

CIMRM 1140

 

Walking figure fragment from Rückingen

Lower part of a sandstone relief fragment from Rückingen preserving only the lower body of a walking figure, legs lost

CIMRM 1142

 

Standing figure in niche from Rückingen

Sandstone relief fragment from Rückingen with an indistinct standing figure, probably a woman, in an arched niche

CIMRM 1143

 

Naked figure in niche from Rückingen

Sandstone relief fragment from Rückingen showing the upper part of an undressed male figure in a niche, head and left arm lost

CIMRM 1144

 

Two women's heads from Rückingen

Two sandstone relief fragments from Rückingen, each preserving a woman's head looking to the left

CIMRM 1145

 

Multi-figure relief assemblage from Rückingen

Group of sandstone relief fragments from Rückingen depicting multiple deities including a male head identified as Hercules

CIMRM 1146

 

Minor cult objects from Rückingen

Miscellaneous objects from the Rückingen Mithraeum including stone balls, cult-vase fragments, lamps, and two candlesticks

CIMRM 1147

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