Monumentum
Fresco with four figures at the Mitreo delle Pareti Dipinte
The painting shows four persons that have been related to three mithraic grades.
Mithraeum.eu
15 May 2007
The right wall of the foremost part of the Mithraeum is divided by red lines in four (originally eight ?) panels in each of which is represented a standing or walking person; the figures turned to the cult-niche.
In the two upper panels:
a) standing person in short yellow tunic with red bands. In his hand he holds a red cloth (flammeum). Head and shoulders lost (Nymphus).
b) Walking person in the same dress with upraised left hand in which some yellow traces are visible (ears ?) (Perses). Both persons are standing on a green soil.
In the lower panels:
c) walking bearded person in short tunic and small cap. In his upraised r.h. a torch (Leo).
d) Upper part of a person, looking back. His l.h. is outstretched without torch.
—Becatti
In the two upper panels:
a) standing person in short yellow tunic with red bands. In his hand he holds a red cloth (flammeum). Head and shoulders lost (Nymphus).
b) Walking person in the same dress with upraised left hand in which some yellow traces are visible (ears ?) (Perses). Both persons are standing on a green soil.
In the lower panels:
c) walking bearded person in short tunic and small cap. In his upraised r.h. a torch (Leo).
d) Upper part of a person, looking back. His l.h. is outstretched without torch.
—Becatti
Data
- Location Ostia
- City Ostia
- Country Italy
- Type
- Description tags
- Dating 200
- CIMRM 268
- TNM infrit000112
Related
- Monumentum Mitreo delle Pareti Dipinte