Monumentum
Altar of the Mitreo Menandro
The brick altar of the Mithraeum Menander was covered with marble slabs bearing a crescent and an inscription.
The marble slab with inscription.
Eric Taylor
The New Mithraeum
23 Mar 2022
Updated on May 2026
TNMM 534 ↔ CIMRM 225
Brick altar covered with marble slabs. The front slab (H. 0.93 Br. 0.55) has a crescent under which the following inscription (L.H. 0.03):
Deo Invicto Mithrae / Diocles ob honorem / C. Lucreti Menandri / Patris / D(ono) D(edit) D(edicavit).
At the back of the shrine is a brick altar. The front was covered by a marble slab (0.84 x 0.47). It has a hole in the shape of the moon, behind which must have been a lamp. Below the moon is the inscription:
Deo Invicto Mithrae / Diocles ob honorem / C. Lucreti Menandri / Patris / D(ono) D(edit) D(edicavit).
CIMRM II 225
H. Bloch in NSc (S. 8) VII, 1953, 244 No. 8. Inv. No. 1102.
H. 0.84 Br. 0.47 D. 0.025–0.03.
l. 4: patris i.
l. 5: d(ono) d(edit) d(edicavit).
Main inscription
Deo Invicto Mithrae / Diocles ob honorem / C. Lucreti Menandri / Patris / D[ono] D[edit] D[edicavit].
To the invincible god Mithras, Diocles, in honour of Caius Lucretius Menander, father, donated and dedicated this gift.
References
- Ostia-Antica.org (2021) Regio I - Insula III - Mitreo di Menandro (I,III,5).
