The New Mithraeum Database

Two stone relief heads of torchbearers in Phrygian caps, from Mithraeum II at Heddernheim, ancient Nida, with traces of Mithras's mantle

Sandstone altar from Mithraeum I at Heddernheim, ancient Nida, inscribed with a dedication to Cautes by Lucius Domitius Agilis (?)

Unpublished coin deposit from Mithraeum I at Heddernheim, ancient Nida, not recorded by the original excavators

Assemblage of cult refuse from shaft M at Mithraeum I, Heddernheim, ancient Nida, including pottery, bones, a boar's tooth, and a bronze ring with Mercury

Large circular iron pan with handle from Mithraeum I at Heddernheim, ancient Nida, likely used in Mithraic ritual feasting

Sandstone altar from Mithraeum I at Heddernheim, ancient Nida, bearing a dedication to Deo invicto Mithrae inscribed on its right side

Tall sandstone column base from Mithraeum I at Heddernheim, ancient Nida, with an inscription set between two columns, possibly naming Mithras

Pair of sandstone bases with small columns on the front, carved with a staircase on the reverse, from Mithraeum I at Heddernheim, ancient Nida

Small votive altar or base from Mithraeum I at Heddernheim, ancient Nida, with fragmentary inscription preserving the initials A.C.

Votive sandstone altar from Mithraeum I at Heddernheim, ancient Nida, dedicated by Caius Lollius Crispus, centurion of Cohors XXXII Voluntariorum

Sandstone altar from Mithraeum I at Heddernheim, ancient Nida, dedicated to Invicto Mithrae by Iulius Iuvenalis ex voto

Votive altar from Heddernheim, ancient Nida, dedicated to Deo invicto Mithrae by Marcus Tertius Senecio at his own expense

Unusual hexagonal sandstone altar from Mithraeum I at Heddernheim, ancient Nida, with six decorated sides of cult significance

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

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

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

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

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

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

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