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Floor mosaic of Mitreo del Palazzo Imperiale

It bears an inscription repeated on each side of the podia.
Floor mosaic from Palazzo Imperiale Mithraeum

Floor mosaic from Palazzo Imperiale Mithraeum
Ostia-antica.org / Jan Theo Bakker

 
The New Mithraeum
3 Feb 2022
Updated on May 2026

TNMM 492 ↔ CIMRM 251

Two identical inscriptions on the floor ofthe Mithraeum.

Soli invict(o) Mit(hrae) d(onum) d(edit) L. Agrius Calendio.

CIL XIV 56

Soli invict[o] Mit[hrae] d[onum] d[edit] L. Agrius Calendio.
To Sol Mithras Invictus, Lucius Agrius Calendius, gave this.

References

CIL XIV 56; MMM II No. 131.

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