The New Mithraeum
Updated on May 2026
Fragment of a marble vase, found near Portus by Prince Torlonia. Lost.de Rossi in BAC 1866; MMM II 246f No. 85bis; Becatti, Mitrei Ostia, 131 No. 8.Underneath the inscription No. 323 a bearded(?) head in a radiate crown (Sol). Under it Cautes with upraised torch. Right of him certainly there was a Mithras-representation, which has got lost.
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