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The New Mithraeum Database of Germany

Mithraic monuments, temples and other objects related to Mithras from Germany.

Monumentum

Mithras rock-birth of Trier
The relief depicts the birth of Mithras, holding a globe, surrounded by the zodiac.
TNMM312 – CIMRM 985
Monumentum

Mithraic Sol altar with backlight of Bingen
The altar of the Sun god belongs to the typology of the openwork altar to be illuminated from behind.
TNMM387 – CIMRM 1241, 1242
In h(onorem) d(omus) d(ivinae) Soli / invicto Mitrae (sic!) / aram Privati Se/cundinus et Ter/tinus et Confinis / ex voto Privati / Tertini v(otum) s(olverunt) l(aeti) l(ibentes) m(erito)
Mithraeum

Mithräum II von Bingen
A possible Mithraeum II was found in Bingen, but the few remains are not sufficient to prove it.
TNMM354 – CIMRM 1245
Monumentum

Aion from Nida
This lion-headed figure from Nida, present-day Frankfurt-Heddernheim, holds a key and a shovel in his hands.
TNMM277
Monumentum

Tauroctony found under the Palazzo Montecitorio (CIMRM 430)
This relief was found under the Palazzo Montecitorio, in Rome, and bought by the Liebighaus at Frankfort.
TNMM256 – CIMRM 430
Monumentum

Raven from Stockstadt
The Stockstadt Raven is one of only two standing-alone sculptures of this bird to be found in Mithraic statuary.
TNMM410 – CIMRM 1192
Monumentum

Aion of Hedderneheim
The lion-headed statue of Hedderneheim is a reconstruction from fragments of two different sculptures.
TNMM238 – CIMRM 1138
Monumentum

Cautes and Cautopates from Mithraeum III of Heddernheim
The two companions of Mithras carry a torch and a shepherd's staff at the third Mithraeum in Frankfurt-Heddernheim, formerly Nida.
TNMM408 – CIMRM 1119
Monumentum

Tauroctony from the Mithraeum III of Nida
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.
TNMM407 – CIMRM 1118
Monumentum

Feast scene with Mithras and Sol from Ladenburg
A naked Sol leans over his fellow Mithras while raising his drinking-horn during the sacred feast.
TNMM291