The New Mithraeum Database

Yellow sandstone altar from Mithraeum I at Stockstadt bearing a bust of Sol in radiate crown holding a whip, with a pierced square hole at the base

Two fragments of a large reddish sandstone basin from Mithraeum I at Stockstadt, its exterior decorated with the Zodiac including Gemini and Sagittarius

Yellow sandstone statue of a seated Mercury from Mithraeum I at Stockstadt, holding a caduceus, with his right foot resting on a tortoise

Red sandstone relief from Mithraeum I at Stockstadt depicting a standing Mars in helmet with lance and shield, head partially restored

Yellow sandstone relief from Mithraeum I at Stockstadt showing six bearded, draped figures reclining at a ritual banquet

Two white sandstone fragments from Mithraeum I at Stockstadt possibly depicting a rock with part of a serpent, relating to Mithras' birth

Grey sandstone relief from Mithraeum I at Stockstadt showing Mithras in Oriental dress walking to the right while carrying a bull on his shoulders

Red sandstone stele from Mithraeum I at Stockstadt depicting Cautopates in Oriental dress, cross-legged, holding a downward torch

Large red sandstone tauroctony relief from Mithraeum I at Stockstadt, mostly thrown into the river Main when the sanctuary was destroyed

This lion-headed figure from Nida, present-day Frankfurt-Heddernheim, holds a key and a shovel in his hands.

The lion-headed statue of Hedderneheim is a reconstruction from fragments of two different sculptures.

These twin inscriptions found in the Mithraeum of Tazoult were dedicated by the legate Marcus Valerius Maximianus.

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

This relief is so well-known that it has been reproduced in nearly every handbook of archaeology and of history of religions.

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

Scholar in Mithraic Studies

This altar was dedicated by a certain Marcus Aurelius Decimus to Sol Mithras and other gods in Diana, Numibia, present Argelia.

This inscription by a certain Aphrodisius was found under the old city hall of Algiers.