Monumentum
Mithraeum of Hawarti
The Mithraeum of Hauarte or Hawarte, which preserves colourful frescoes, it's the latest know and used.
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28 Dec 2020
Updated on 10 Feb 2022
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During two weeks in 1998 the north and east walls were excavated. The mithraeum lies north/south and at that time was estimated to be wider than long — 6m north/south and 7.4m east/west — with a southern entrance as yet unexcavated. Its floor lay 3.5m below the mosaic floor of the 4th-cent. church, and its west wall was obscured by a foundation wall for the narthex of the 4th-cent. church, apparently built after the ceiling of the mithraeum had already collapsed. A podium was recovered only on the east side (that on the west was possibly destroyed by the foundation wall of the church).
Data
- Location
(Syria) Hawarte - Huarte - Hawarti - Haouarte - Hauarte, (Syria) - Latitude and longitude 36.3894650,35.6003690
- Type
- Dimensions W. 480 D. 720 cm
- Dating 1st-5th century
- Discovery date 1998
- Canonical URI
mithraeum.eu/monument/221
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