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Mosaic of Fructus from the Mitreo del Sabazeo

The mosaic bears an inscription indicating the name of the owner.
 
 
The New Mithraeum
3 Feb 2022
Updated on 13 Mar 2022
 
Mosaic of Fructus

Mosaic of Fructus
Ostia-Antica.org / Eric Taylor

 

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Inscription in the mosaic part of the central aisle. In a tabula ansata:

Fructus / suis in/pendis / consum/mavit.CIL XIV 4297; Becatti, 114.
 
 

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Sabazeo

The Mithraeum was found in one of the rooms of the Horrea built in the years 120 - 125 AD. The installation of the shrine may have taken place in the first half of the third century.