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Monumentum

Altar at Caseggiato di Diana

This altar was originally consecrated to Hercules and was rededicated to Mithras by Callinicus in the Mithraeum of the House of Diana.
The altar and aedicula in the northern room, seen from the south.

The altar and aedicula in the northern room, seen from the south.
Ostia-antica.org / Klaus Heese 

 
 
The New Mithraeum
31 Jan 2023
 

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Marble altar (H. 0.78 Br. 0.35 D. 0.44), standing before the cult-niche.

The altar has a hole in the middle, which pierces the marble completely. At the front the opening is surrounded by a wreath of oak-leaves with flying ribbons. An inscription over it (No. 220).

Calza, o.c., 331; Becatti in BCR LXVII, 1939, 38 n. 10; BCR LXX, 1942, 120f. with fig.

CIMRM 220



CIL XIV 4310

M. Lollianus / Callinicus pater / aram deo / do(num) de(dit).

Callinicus: compare Nos.

The Mithraeum of the House of Diana was installed in two Antonine halls, northeast corner of the House of Diana, in the late 2nd or early 3rd century.

Fragment with inscription to Arimanius Casa di Diana

The image of the god Arimanius to which this monument refers has not yet been found.

Inscriptions of Caseggiato di Diana

This marble slab found near the Casa de Diana in Ostia bears two inscription with several names of brothers of a same community

Graffito from the Mitreo del Cassegiato di Diana

This graffito seems to be an account of offerings made by Mithras worshippers in the Cassegiato di Diana