The New Mithraeum Database

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

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

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

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

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

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

Triple-part sanctuary at Saalburg whose Mithraic interpretation remains uncertain despite serpent-vases and possible Aion fragments.

Sandstone fragment of a Mercury statuette preserving part of the shoulder and caduceus.

Fragmentary inscribed altar dedicated to Mercury from the Saalburg sanctuary area.

Small inscribed plaque invoking Mithras and Mercury attached to a sandstone column inside the sanctuary.

Decorative bronze candlestick discovered near the entrance of the supposed Mithraic sanctuary.

Sandstone basin from the pronaos of the sanctuary originally mounted on a short column.

Cult statue base discovered with a hooked ritual sword in front of the sanctuary niche.

Elongated cult building near the Saalburg fort traditionally interpreted as a Mithraeum but later reconsidered as a possible funerary enclosure.

Assemblage of altars, lamps, coins and ritual objects discovered in the sanctuary.

Group of altars and a base indicating the existence of a Mithraeum near the Roman camp of Vetera.