Folia archeologica 48.

István Vörös: Az aquincumi castrum mithraeumának állatcsontleletei

ANIMAL REMAINS FROM AQUINCUM 77 There were bone remains of cattl

e, sheep/goat, pig, dog, hare, poultr

y and wild bird

s found in the Mithraeum

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. GERMANIA Königshoffen In the south-eastern end of the southern bench of the Mithraeum, on a higher level a pit for refuse E, was found with "bones of an ox, of goat

s, hen

s and a dee

r

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0 ". Künzin

g (Lkr. Deggendorf) Nearly 20000 pieces of animal bone remains were found in the Mithrareum. The following species were described: cattle, sheep, goat, pig, hen, horse, dog, red dee

r and har

e

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. Dieburg In the well beside the Mithraeum "bones of an o

x and of a pig were found

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2". Nid

a - Heddernheim Mithraeum I. In shaft M., there were some "rubbish bone fragments: bones of bird

s: teeth e.g. a tooth of a wild boa

r, top of which has been transpierced

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3". In the sanctuary pit inside Mithraeum I., remains of cattl

e, goa

t, pi

g and poultry were found. In Cisterna E., remains of poultr

y including a cock tmt and a pierced wild boa

r "tooth" (tusk)

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4. Mithraeum III. In a brick walled pit g in the aisle "many animal bones were found such as bones of bird

s

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5 ". In the central corridor of the cell there was a pit full with animal bones, mainly small ruminant

s. The following animal bone remains were preserved: goa

t (skull fr. with horn cores) 3 pi

g teeth, tusks

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. Ober-Florstadt Mithraeum with "animal bones, e.g. of oxe

n and a bir

d. Fragment of a bone flute"

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. Taunum A Mithraeum sanctuary where "...bones of bird

s and teeth of a boa

r" were found

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. GALLIA Venetonimagu

s - Viau-en-Val-Romey Bones of animals and human bones were found in the Mithraeum. In a channel, "a quantity of ash together woth both animal and human bones"

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9 were found. Les Bolard

s - Nuits St. Georges In the Mithraeum, "in the NE corner of the cella full of ash, beside ash there were a few bir

d bones, ... other bir

d bones were found scattered inside the building"

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9 Wiblé 1995.9. 3

0 CIMRM II. 1374. 3

1 van der Driesch-Pöllath 2000. Tabi. 2. 3

2 CIMRM II. 1270. 3

3 CIMRM II. 1105. 3

4 Huld-Zetsche 1986. 16., 21. 3

5 CIMRM II. 1133. 3

6 Huld-Zetsche 1986. 12., 33. 3

7 CIMRM II. 1080 3

8 CIMRM II. 1069. 3

9 CIMRM I. 909., Walters 1974.7. 4

0 Walters 1974.19.