Mithraic monuments of Thun-Allmendingen
Possible Mithraeum at Thun-Allmendingen
Site excavated by C. F. L. Lohner in 1824–25 at the Renzenbühl near Thun-Allmendingen, Germania Superior, where the outline of five rooms was identified, one or more of which may have served as a Mithraic sanctuary.
CIMRM 1377
Torchbearer heads from Thun-Allmendingen
Two small limestone heads in Phrygian caps from the Stockhorn Mountains near Thun-Allmendingen, each approximately fist-sized, probably belonging to statues of the torchbearers.
CIMRM 1378
Bull relief from Thun-Allmendingen
Large limestone relief from Thun-Allmendingen depicting a bull walking to the left; the head is lost. At approximately 2.91 × 2.43 m one of the largest single-animal reliefs from a Mithraic context.
CIMRM 1379
Swine relief from Thun-Allmendingen
Fragmentary limestone relief from Thun-Allmendingen of the same dimensions as the bull relief, depicting a swine; both may have formed part of the sanctuary's ritual décor.
CIMRM 1380
Mercury hand fragment from Thun-Allmendingen
Limestone left hand holding a caduceus from Thun-Allmendingen, belonging to a statue of Mercury associated with the possible Mithraeum.
CIMRM 1381
Six bronze hatchets from Thun-Allmendingen
Set of six triangular bronze votive hatchets from Thun-Allmendingen, each inscribed with the name of a deity: Iovi, Neptuni, Minervae, Mercurio, Matribus, and Matroni; forming a unique ensemble of polytheistic dedications within a Mithraic context.
CIMRM 1382
Deity inscriptions on hatchets from Thun-Allmendingen
The six divine names inscribed on the bronze hatchets from Thun-Allmendingen — Iovi, Neptuni, Minervae, Mercurio, Matribus, Matroni — reflecting the polytheistic religious landscape of the Mithraic community at this site.
CIMRM 1383
Coins and bronze bell from Thun-Allmendingen
Deposit of 1,200 coins spanning Augustus to Constantine and a small bronze bell from Thun-Allmendingen, representing the longest chronological range of any coin assemblage from a Mithraic context in Germania.
CIMRM 1384
