The New Mithraeum
12 Jun 2026
Marble slab with inscription walled in the right handside of the lower part of the cult-niche (H. 0.57 Br. 0.29).Becatti, o.c., 60.L.H. 0.055–0.07.[A]ugusti C. / [sacerd]ote L. U. / ... ato de sua pe(cunia).Fragmentary white marble slab (57x29 cm) with inscription re-used to cover the altar with precious marble, 8-11 CE. Currently preserved in situ (inv. 19838). It was recently possible to integrate this fragment with other two complementary pieces found in two different spots in Ostia. The resulting completed inscription commemorates the construction of the macellum paid by Nymphodotus and by his freedman Pothus.
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