Monumentum
Mithraeum of Sarrebourg
The Mithraeum of Sarrebourg was discovered during operatoins for military buldings.
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28 May 2007
Updated on 3 Mar 2022
Relieve de la tauroctonia del Mitreo de Sarrebourg.
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During operations for military buildings at Saarburg a Mithraeum was discovered on the N.E. flank of the Grand-Rebberg, lying along the S. bank of the Saar in 1895. The finds are at Metz.
The rectangular sanctuary (L. 6.20 Br. 5.50) opens in a NNE. direction, whereas the back is built two yards deep into the mountain. Before the entrance there probably was an elevated ante-room, because the water of a spring, which rose at a distance of 15 yards from it, was lead in this direction through a conduit. One enters the sanctuary by an entrance (Br. 1.
The rectangular sanctuary (L. 6.20 Br. 5.50) opens in a NNE. direction, whereas the back is built two yards deep into the mountain. Before the entrance there probably was an elevated ante-room, because the water of a spring, which rose at a distance of 15 yards from it, was lead in this direction through a conduit. One enters the sanctuary by an entrance (Br. 1.
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Data
- Location
Pons Sarravi, Belgica (Gallia) Sarrebourg (France) - Latitude and longitude 7.053751,48.73028
- Type
- Dimensions W. 5500 D. 6200 cm
- Discovery date 1895
- Canonical URI
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- CIMRM 965
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- Monumentum Tauroctony of Sarrebourg