The New Mithraeum
10 Jul 2009
Updated on May 2026
In the black and white mosaic of the central aisle, number of figures are still discemable. (Becatti, Pl. XVIII).
Visconti saw the outlines of a figure, which he held to be belonging to one of the Corybantes "nell’azione consueta di percuotersi a vicenda gli scudi". Further a standing, bearded man. He is dressed only in a subligaculum and holds in his outstretched l.h. a falx and in his r.h. a shovel (lea or Perses).
Further a raven (by Visconti taken for an owl); near it a cock and in front of it a scorpion.
In the centre of the aisle a serpent with a crest on the head and lastly, in front of the cult-niche…
Visconti saw the outlines of a figure, which he held to be belonging to one of the Corybantes "nell’azione consueta di percuotersi a vicenda gli scudi". Further a standing, bearded man. He is dressed only in a subligaculum and holds in his outstretched l.h. a falx and in his r.h. a shovel (lea or Perses).
Further a raven (by Visconti taken for an owl); near it a cock and in front of it a scorpion.
In the centre of the aisle a serpent with a crest on the head and lastly, in front of the cult-niche…
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