Monumentum
Two tuff altars with jug decoration from the Mitreo delle Sette Sfere
Two small tuff altars walled into the corners of the benches, each bearing a representation of a jug, from the Mitreo delle Sette Sfere at Ostia.
The New Mithraeum
Updated on May 2026
TNMM 919 ↔ CIMRM 244
Two small altars, walled in the corners of the benches, with a representation of a jug (Becatti, Pl. VII).
The Mithraeum described now bears the name of "Mitreo delle sette sfere". As most of the Ostian Mithraea, this sanctuary is not underground. Here the general rule had to be deviated from, because underground spelea in this port on the Tiber stood a great chance of being flooded during the winterseason.
To this sanctuary may also belong the monuments Nos 245–249.
References
- Vermaseren, Maarten Jozef (1956) Corpus Inscriptionum et Monumentorum Religionis Mithriacae
