Monumentum
Mitreo della Planta Pedis
The floor of the central aisle of the Mithraeum of the Footprint in Ostia has a mosaic depicting a snake and a footprint.
PublishedThe New Mithraeum
14 Jun 2009
Updated on 9 Mar 2022
Mithraic basin from Ostia
Francesco Massa 2021
Valerian coin. Not the actual piece found in Mitreo delle piante piedi
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[The Mithraeum of the Footprint was] (Reg. III, Is. XVII, 2) constructed in a building from the Hadrian period, situated near Horrea and a Serapeum.
The part of the house transformed into a Mithraeum has two rows of three pillars, which divide the sanctuary into three sections. In the middle section runs a central-aisle between two small benches (H. 0.40 Br. 0.25), constructed against the pillars. In the right bench, before the middle pillar, is a small rectangular depression (L. 0.10) and in its base a niche (H. 0.35 Br. 0.42 D. 0.30) in which bones of fowls have been found.
The part of the house transformed into a Mithraeum has two rows of three pillars, which divide the sanctuary into three sections. In the middle section runs a central-aisle between two small benches (H. 0.40 Br. 0.25), constructed against the pillars. In the right bench, before the middle pillar, is a small rectangular depression (L. 0.10) and in its base a niche (H. 0.35 Br. 0.42 D. 0.30) in which bones of fowls have been found.