The New Mithraeum
27 Apr 2010
Updated on Jan 2022
Mithraeum (Reg. IV, Is. V, 13), built in a magazine ('Mitreo delle sette porte'); 160-170 A.D.
The sanctuary (L. 7.05 Br. 5.80) has the entrance (Br. 2.00) opposite the cult-niche and has the normal division into a central aisle (Br. 2.00) and two side-benches (H. 0.50 Br. 1.80), which are as long as the side-walls. The l. podium has at its end a small base (H. 0.50 Br. 0.35 D. 0.50). Both benches have ledges, decorated with mosaic (Br. 0.37) and they have at their beginnings small pilasters equally decorated with mosaic. More or less in the middle of each bench there is the usual niche (H. 0.30 Br. 0.35 D. 0.25)…
The sanctuary (L. 7.05 Br. 5.80) has the entrance (Br. 2.00) opposite the cult-niche and has the normal division into a central aisle (Br. 2.00) and two side-benches (H. 0.50 Br. 1.80), which are as long as the side-walls. The l. podium has at its end a small base (H. 0.50 Br. 0.35 D. 0.50). Both benches have ledges, decorated with mosaic (Br. 0.37) and they have at their beginnings small pilasters equally decorated with mosaic. More or less in the middle of each bench there is the usual niche (H. 0.30 Br. 0.35 D. 0.25)…
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