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Nida

Nida was an ancient Roman town in the area today occupied by the northwestern suburbs of Frankfurt am Main, Germany, specifically Frankfurt-Heddernheim, on the edge of the Wetterau region.
  • Tauroctonia del Mitreo de Heddernheim

    Tauroctonia del Mitreo de Heddernheim
    dierk schaefer 

  • Front view

    Front view
    Tertullian.org 

  • Rear view

    Rear view
    Tertullian.org 

  • Pivoting view

    Pivoting view
    Demasy Roger 

  • Restauration of the Aion from Hedderneheim

    Restauration of the Aion from Hedderneheim
    Arachne 

  • Restauration of the Aion from Hedderneheim

    Restauration of the Aion from Hedderneheim
    Arachne 

  • Preserved fragment of the Aion from Hedderneheim

    Preserved fragment of the Aion from Hedderneheim
    Vermaseren / Tertullian.org 

  • Frontal view from Aion of Heddernheim

    Frontal view from Aion of Heddernheim
    Arachne 

  • Front view of Petrogenesis altar of Nida

    Front view of Petrogenesis altar of Nida
    The New Mithraeum / Andreu Abuín (CC BY-SA) 

  • Right side of Petrogenesis altar of Nida

    Right side of Petrogenesis altar of Nida
    The New Mithraeum / Andreu Abuín (CC BY-SA) 

  • Right side of Petrogenesis altar of Nida

    Right side of Petrogenesis altar of Nida
    The New Mithraeum / Andreu Abuín (CC BY-SA) 

  • Eagle on the right side of the altar of Nida

    Eagle on the right side of the altar of Nida
    The New Mithraeum / Andreu Abuín (CC BY-SA) 

  • Key of Mithraeum III at Nida

    Key of Mithraeum III at Nida
    The New Mithraeum / Andreu Abuín (CC BY-SA) 

  • Tauroctony from Mithraeum III Heddernheim

    Tauroctony from Mithraeum III Heddernheim
    The New Mithraeum / Andreu Abuín (CC BY-SA) 

  • Cautes and Cautopates from Nida

    Cautes and Cautopates from Nida
    Musée Royale de Mariemont 

Brothers active in Nida

 

Cracissius
 

Mithraic monuments of Nida

 

Mithraea of Heddernheim

Since 1826, four mithraea have been found at Nida-Heddernheim.

 

Tauroctony from the Mithräum von Heddernheim

This relief is so well-known that it has been reproduced in nearly every handbook of archaeology and of history of religions.

CIMRM 1083

 

Aion of Hedderneheim

The lion-headed statue of Hedderneheim is a reconstruction from fragments of two different sculptures.

CIMRM 1138

 

Aion from Nida

This lion-headed figure from Nida, present-day Frankfurt-Heddernheim, holds a key and a shovel in his hands.

 

Altar with Mithras rock-birth of Nida

The Mithraic stele from Nida depicts the Mithras Petrogenesis and the gods Cautes, Cautopates, Heaven and Ocean.

CIMRM 1127

 

Key of Mithraeum III at Nida

The key of Nida's Mithraeum III was decorated with a lion's head.

CIMRM 1115

 

Tauroctony from the Mithraeum III of Nida

The relief of Mithras slaying the bull from Nida's Mithraeum III was found in two pieces in 1887, destroyed during an air raid on Frankfurt in 1944, and restored in 1986.

CIMRM 1118

 

Cautes and Cautopates from Mithraeum III of Heddernheim

The two companions of Mithras carry a torch and a shepherd's staff at the third Mithraeum in Frankfurt-Heddernheim, formerly Nida.

CIMRM 1119

Inscriptions of Nida

D(eo) inv(icto) Mit(hrae) / Senilius Car/antinus / c(ivis) Medio/m(atricus)
V(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) l(aetus) m(erito) / Sive Cracissiu[s]. // P(etram) genetricem.
To the invincible god Mithras, Senilius Carantinus, also named Cracissius, citizen of Mediomatricus, dedicated willingly, gladly and deservedly following a vow these images of Cautes, of the generative rock, of Cautopates, and of the Heaven and Ocean.

Altar with Mithras rock-birth of Nida

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