The New Mithraeum Database

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

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

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

Bronze helmet fragment from Ober-Florstadt bearing a dedication reading Virtuti donum dedit by Vibius Leccus, librarius

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

Pair of small sandstone altars of different sizes, recovered from the Mithraeum at Ober-Florstadt in Upper Germany

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

Sandstone altar from the centre of the sanctuary dedicated to the goddesses Quadrubiae near a crossroads shrine.

Imported limestone relief fragments showing the Mithraic torchbearers beside the podia of the sanctuary.

Large quartzite tauroctony relief with torchbearers, zodiacal imagery and traces of ancient red paint from the Friedberg Mithraeum.

Sculpted ram’s head discovered among the finds from the supposed Mithraic sanctuary.

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

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

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.

Limestone relief of the torchbearer Cautopates standing cross-legged in Oriental dress.

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

Weathered limestone altar decorated with the radiate bust of Sol.

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