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Epona relief from Heddernheim

Basalt relief from Mithraeum I at Heddernheim, ancient Nida, featuring a depiction of the goddess Epona, found in a Mithraic context

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Seated lion from Heddernheim

Sandstone statue of a seated lion in attacking posture, from Mithraeum I at Heddernheim, ancient Nida, with its hindmost part lost

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Inscription of Tacitus from Heddernheim

Votive inscription from Heddernheim, ancient Nida, dedicated to Fortuna by Tacitus, an eques of the Ala I Flavia Milliaria

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Altar with snake from Heddernheim

Small sandstone altar from Mithraeum I at Heddernheim, ancient Nida, bearing a snake and cult imagery consistent with Mithraic worship

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Mercury relief from Heddernheim

Weathered sandstone relief from Mithraeum I at Heddernheim, ancient Nida, showing a standing Mercury whose body is covered by a shoulder cape

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Rock-birth of Mithras from Heddernheim

Red sandstone statue from Mithraeum I at Heddernheim, ancient Nida, depicting the young naked Mithras with curly hair being born from the rock

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Altar with Phrygian cap from Heddernheim

Sandstone altar from Mithraeum I at Heddernheim, ancient Nida, decorated on one side with the representation of a Phrygian cap

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Minerva relief from Heddernheim

Sandstone relief from Mithraeum I at Heddernheim, ancient Nida, depicting a standing Minerva resting her left hand on a shield while holding a lance

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White marble tauroctony from Heddernheim

Small tauroctony relief in white marble, preserved in five fragments, from Mithraeum I at Heddernheim, ancient Nida

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Helmet of Leccus from Ober-Florstadt

Bronze helmet fragment from Ober-Florstadt bearing a dedication reading Virtuti donum dedit by Vibius Leccus, librarius

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Votive deposits from Ober-Florstadt

Miscellaneous cult objects from Ober-Florstadt including pottery, lamps, legionary stamps, coins, animal bones, and a bone flute fragment

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Dioscuri relief from Ober-Florstadt

Sandstone relief from Ober-Florstadt featuring two arched niches each containing a naked Dioscurus wearing a shoulder cape and pilum

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Two decorated altars from Ober-Florstadt

Pair of sandstone altars from Ober-Florstadt, the larger of which bears a palm-branch on its upper cornice

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Two small altars from Ober-Florstadt

Pair of small sandstone altars of different sizes, recovered from the Mithraeum at Ober-Florstadt in Upper Germany

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Cautes head and hand from Ober-Florstadt

Fragment of a sandstone statue, comprising a head and hand certainly belonging to a figure of Cautes, found at Ober-Florstadt

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Tauroctony relief from Friedberg Mithraeum III

Sandstone relief preserving parts of Mithras, the dog and Cautopates from a lost third Mithraeum at Friedberg.

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Tauroctony relief from Friedberg Mithraeum II

Marble relief fragment showing Mithras slaying the bull, originally belonging to a lost second Mithraeum at Friedberg.

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Foundation deposits from the Mithraeum of Friedberg

Ritual coin deposits beneath sanctuary bases helping date the Mithraeum to the late second century A.D.

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Ritual objects from the Mithraeum of Friedberg

Sacrificial knife, lamps, pottery, animal remains and inscribed terracotta fragments discovered inside the sanctuary.

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Painted altar fragment from Friedberg

Upper section of a small altar preserving traces of ancient red paint from the Mithraeum of Taunus.

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