Mithraic monuments of Portus

Album of Portus

This marble tablet found at Portus Ostiae mentions a pater, a lion donor and a series of male names, probably from a Mithraic community.

CIMRM 325

Marble vase fragment with Sol and Cautes from Portus

Fragment of a marble vase found near Portus by Prince Torlonia, showing a bearded head in radiate crown (Sol) and Cautes with upraised torch, with a Mithras representation now lost, now itself lost.

CIMRM 322

Invicto deo Soli inscription from Portus

Brief inscription on a marble vase fragment dedicated to the Invincible Sun God, from Portus.

CIMRM 323

Roof tile with sacerdos Solis et Lunae inscription from Portus

Roof tile found at Portus, with an inscription recording the workshop of L. Aemilius Iulianus, priest of Sol and Luna.

CIMRM 324

Inscriptions from Portus

. . reus pater / . . . [G]lycon / . . . Rufus / . . . [D]afinus . . . Sinplicius / . . . Petrus / . . . Crescentinus / . . . Crescentio / . . . Bictorus / . . . Dafinus / . . . Feston / . . . . [S]erpentius / . . . [A]pronianus / . . . Alexander / . . . Acuca.

Tr . . . / Pet . . . / Pa . . . / Tr . . . / E x . . . / lu . . . / Me . . . / T . . . / Ro . . . / Sa . . . / Se . . . / Ap . . . /

Leo fe[cit].

References

Bricault; Roy (2021) Les cultes de Mithra dans l'Empire Romain
Vittoria Canciani (2022) Archaeological Evidence of the Cult of Mithras in Ancient Italy