Monumentum
Marble frieze fragments with planetary gods from the Mitreo Sabazeo
Two marble frieze fragments with incised busts of Sol, Luna, Mars, Jupiter, and Venus, one found in 1890 in the outer porticus of the Theatre and one found in 1938 near the Mithraeum at Ostia.
The New Mithraeum
Updated on May 2026
TNMM 950 ↔ CIMRM 307
Two fragments of a marble frieze (L. 0.52 and 0.78 H. 0.30), one found in 1890 in the outer porticus of the Theatre, and the other found in 1938 near the Mithraeum.
Becatti, 116 and Pl. XXXVIII, 3.
In the frieze the busts of the planetary gods have been incised: Sol in radiate crown; Luna in crescent; Mars in helmet; bearded Jupiter; Venus.
References
- Vermaseren, Maarten Jozef (1956) Corpus Inscriptionum et Monumentorum Religionis Mithriacae
