Name: Rückingen
Address: Erlensee, Germany

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

CIMRM 1141

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.
Tauroctony relief from Rückingen

CIMRM 1136

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

CIMRM 1139

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

CIMRM 1140

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

CIMRM 1142

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

CIMRM 1143

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

CIMRM 1144

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

CIMRM 1145

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

CIMRM 1146

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

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Mithraic monuments of Rückingen

Fragmentary sandstone relief from Rückingen

Tauroctony relief from Rückingen

Fragmentary sacred inscription from Rückingen

Head in Phrygian cap from Rückingen

Walking figure fragment from Rückingen

Standing figure in niche from Rückingen

Naked figure in niche from Rückingen

Two women's heads from Rückingen

Multi-figure relief assemblage from Rückingen