The New Mithraeum
Updated on May 2026
White marble base of an altar, kept in the Chapel of the castle on the hill at Angera.The top is decorated with a line of palmettes. On the front two eagles carry a festoon in their beaks; between two rosettes is inscription No. 721. The reverse shows the same motif but the eagles are replaced by two dolphins.On the left side a naked bearded figure (Jupiter) with a thunderbolt grasps a kneeling figure whose feet end in snake-tails. On the right side a similar scene with a figure with a trident (Neptune?) against a bearded Giant lifting a piece of rock.
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