The New Mithraeum Database

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.

Second Mithraic sanctuary discovered in 1826 some 150 metres west of Mithraeum I at Heddernheim, ancient Nida, with finds in the Wiesbaden museum.

First Mithraic sanctuary discovered at Heddernheim (ancient Nida) in 1826, with finds preserved in the Städtisches Museum at Wiesbaden.

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

This sculpture of Mithras being born from a rock is unique in the position of the hands, one on his head, the other on the rock.

This relief was found under the Palazzo Montecitorio, in Rome, and bought by the Liebighaus at Frankfort.

Wall-painting of Mithras tauroktonos in fresco, discovered in 1886 in an underground room of the house of the Nummi Albani on the Quirinal (Via Firenze); the god wears a red cap and tunic, the torchbearers wear yellow or orange tunic and cap with green or brown anaxyrides…

Left portion of a brown sandstone statue from the Mithraeum at Königshoffen depicting the lower part of a rock encircled by a serpent, forming the base of a rock-birth group; the base preserves remnants of an inscription.

Fragment of a red sandstone relief found in the Frankfurterstrasse at Dieburg, depicting four divine busts in the upper corner of the composition

Animal bones, principally of birds, found in pit g at Mithraeum III, Heddernheim, ancient Nida, evidence of ritual feasting

Assemblage of lamps, keys, torches, an iron knife, pottery, glass fragments, and five coins from Mithraeum III at Heddernheim, ancient Nida

Iron ritual bell from Mithraeum III at Heddernheim, ancient Nida, likely used during cult ceremonies

Small iron box with hinges and bronze nails from Mithraeum III at Heddernheim, ancient Nida

Square bronze plate from Mithraeum III at Heddernheim, ancient Nida, probably a cult tessera bearing barely legible engraved letters

Fragments of a white marble arched tauroctony from Mithraeum III at Heddernheim, ancient Nida, showing Mithras killing the bull in a leaf wreath

Three basalt fragments of a standing figure in jack-boots from Mithraeum III at Heddernheim, ancient Nida, with traces of red paint on the loin-cloth

Fragment of a statuette on a sandstone base found in Mithraeum III at Heddernheim, ancient Nida, formerly in the Häberlin collection

Two basalt blocks walled into the podium of Mithraeum III at Heddernheim, ancient Nida, which supported decorative sandstone bases

Two basalt altars set into the corners of the west podium at Mithraeum III, Heddernheim, ancient Nida, one now lost

Two sandstone altars with voluted tops from Mithraeum III at Heddernheim, ancient Nida, possibly used to support a partition bar across the cult niche