MONUMENTUM
Tauroctony of Osterburken
Franz Cumont considers the bas relief of Osterburken 'the most remarkable of all the monuments of the cult of Mithras found up to now'.
Germany
D[eo] S[oli] I[nvicto] M[ithrae] M[er?]catorius Castrensis in suo cons[ituit]
MONUMENTUM
Two-sided relief of Dieburg
The relief of Dieburg shows Mithras riding a horse as main figure, surrounded by several scenes of the myth.
D(eo) i(nvicto) M(ithrae) / Silves/trius / Silvi/nius et Silvestrius Pe[rpetus et A]urelius Nepos / v(otum) s(olverunt) l(ibentes) l(aeti) m(erito).
Silvinus artis quadratariae Aureli[us ..... ]...
MITHRAEUM
Mithräum von Osterburken
The Mithraeum of Osterburken could not be excavated bodily owing to the water of a well in the immediate neighbourhood. The monument had been covered carefully with sand.
Germany
LIBER
Mithras-Orion. Greek Hero and Roman Army God (1980)
'...breaks new ground in the fields of Greek and Roman religion and Roman army studies.'
Bibliographie zur Symbolik, Ikonographie und Mythologie, 15, 1982.
'This brief study makes some genuine contributions...'
Robert A. Wild, S.J.