The New Mithraeum

Marble cippus, of which two sides only have been preserved (H. 0.40 Br. 0.37).

Tegula in Portu reperta.

CIL XIV 55; MMM II No.

Fragment of a marble vase, found near Portus by Prince Torlonia.

Marble torso found at Ostia in 1912 between the Decumanus and the Via dei Molini, dedicated to Mithras by a certain Atilius Glycol.

Small cippus (H. 0.34 Br. 0.18 D. 0.16), found opposite the Theatre.

Two fragments of a marble frieze (L. 0.52 and 0.78 H. 0.30), one found in 1890 in the outer porticus of the Theatre, and the other found in 1938 near the Mithraeum.

A base in the form of an altar (H. 0.185 Br. 0.14) and five small bacchic herms; eleven lamps.

CIL XIV 4309, found near the Mithraeum.

CIL XIV 4318.

Marble slab (H. 0.16 Br. 0.36).

Marble slab, used in the pavement of the floor.

Graffito, inscribed by the possessor of a simple dark room, on a wall of the Caseggiato del Sole (Reg. V, Is. VI, I); this house is situated annex to the Mitreo dei Serpenti (Becatti, MitreiOstia, 125ff,fig.24andpl. XXXVIII,4) (L.H.0.02-0.04).

Small altar of travertine (H. 0.38 Br. 0.20) without decoration or inscription.

Marble statue of a standing woman in a himation, pierced between the feet for a water pipe. Fragmentary and possibly representing a water nymph. From the Mithraeum delle Sette Porte, Ostia.

Lower part of a statue (H. 0.37), which certainly stood on one of the bases at the beginnings of the podia.

Fragments of a krater of a sort of green glazed maiolica with silver sheen.

Lamp with six wicks, found near the altar before the cult-niche.

Marble altar found near the entrance (H. 0.295 Br. 0.22 D. 0.21).

The mosaic paved floor of the central aisle shows different figures: 1) On the threshold a large central arch formed by two pilasters; this main arch, from which hangs an oscillum is flanked by three minor arches on either side (seven spheres of the planets) (Becatti, PI. XIX).