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Gimmeldingen

Gimmeldingen is a village, part of the town of Neustadt an der Weinstraße, Germany. Its origins, along with the village of Lobloch (which used to be connected), can be traced back to Roman settlements in 325 AD.

Mithraic monuments of Gimmeldingen

 

Mithräum von Gimmeldingen

The few remains of the Mithraeum of Gimmeldingen are preserved at the Historical Museum of the Palatinate, in Speyer, Germany.

CIMRM 1313

 

Inscription of Corax Materninius Faustinus from Gimmeldingen

The inscription was located at the base of the main Tauroctony of the Gimmeldingen Mithraeum.

CIMRM 1315

 

Altar from Gimmeldingen by Faustinus

Corax Materninius Faustinus dedicated other monuments found in the same Mithraeum in Gimmeldingen.

CIMRM 1319

 

Tauroctony from Gimmeldingen

This relief of Mithras killing the bull found in Gimmeldingen, Germany, lacks the usual raven.

CIMRM 1314

 

Altar of Faustinus from Gimmeldingen

This sandstone altar was dedicated to the god Invictus by a certain Faustinus from Gimmeldingen.

CIMRM 1320

 

Altar to Luna from Gimmeldingen

This sandstone altar was dedicated to Luna, who is mentioned as a male deity.

CIMRM 1321

 

Fragments of altars from Gimmeldingen

These fragmentary monuments, one with an inscription, were found in the Gimmeldingen mithraeum.

CIMRM 1322

 

Cautes relief fragment from Gimmeldingen

Lower portion of a sandstone relief from the Mithraeum at Gimmeldingen, preserving a cross-legged torchbearer in a long cloak, probably Cautes.

CIMRM 1316

 

Mercury relief from Gimmeldingen

Sandstone relief from the Mithraeum at Gimmeldingen depicting a standing Mercury with caduceus and purse, accompanied by a ram and a cock; the head and upper caduceus are damaged.

CIMRM 1317

 

Vulcanus and Minerva relief from Gimmeldingen

Sandstone relief fragment from the Mithraeum at Gimmeldingen preserving the upper bodies of two standing deities: a bearded male, possibly Vulcanus, and a helmeted Minerva with lance.

CIMRM 1318

Brothers attested in Gimmeldingen

Potentianus

Potentianus
(325)
Materninius Faustinus

Materninius Faustinus
(325)

Inscriptions from Gimmeldingen

Inscription of Corax Materninius Faustinus from Gimmeldingen

In h[onorem] d[omus] d[ivinae] / deo inviht[o] [sic] Midre [sic] / Maternin[i]us Faustinu[s] / carax [sic] fan[um] cum solo inviht[o] / in suo fecit c[ onsac]ratus XI k[alendis] Feb[ruariis].
Fanus [sic] consacrat[us] / per Potentianum / patrem co[n]s[ulibus] / Paulino et Iuliano /l[ibens] l[aetus] m[erito].
In honour of the divine house, to the invincible god Mithras, Materninius Faustinus, Crow, consecrated a shrine with [a statue of] the invincible Sol, on his property [in suo], on the tenth day before the calendars of February. Sanctuary [fanum] consecrated by Potentianus, Father, the consuls being [Sextus Anicius Faustus] Paulinus and [Ionis] Iulianus, willingly, joyfully and justly.

Altar from Gimmeldingen by Faustinus

In h[onorem] d[omus] d[ivinae] / deo / invihto [sic] / Materninius / Fau[s]tinus carx [sic] / in suo posuit / [libens] l[aetus] m[erito].
In honour of the divine house, to the invincible god, Materninius Faustinus, Raven, placed [this altar] on his own land willingly, gladly and deservedly.

Altar of Faustinus from Gimmeldingen

[De]o / [i]nviht[o] / [Fa]ustinus / [c]orax / [v]o[tum] s[olvit] /l[ibens] l[aetus] m[erito].
To the Invincible God, Faustinus, Corax, willingly, gladly, and deservedly fulfilled his vow.

Fragments of altars from Gimmeldingen

V[otum] s[olvit] l[ibens] l[aetus] m[erito].
Fulfilled vow willingly, gladly, and deservedly.

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