The New Mithraeum Database

Bust of a man in lorica and paludamentum.

Wall-painting in the house of the Nummi Albani's family on the Quirinalis, Via Firenze near the Ministerio della Guerra.

At the same time as the No.

"Parte inferiore di un fusto di candelabro a guisa di tronco di palma uscente da un nascimento di foglie d'acanto; nel plinto in tre lati la inscrizione" (Lan- ciani in BAM 1875,248).

A base in the form of an altar (H. 0.185 Br. 0.14) and five small bacchic herms; eleven lamps.

Lamp with six wicks, found near the altar before the cult-niche.

1) A small lamp with two wicks, found in front of the niche with the Silvanus' mosaic.

From the Forum Vetus "dalla parte della Basilica scavata da Guidi" comes a second base of the same limestone and with the same inscription (L.H. 0.028).

Damaged statue.

Head in limestone (H. 0.105) found at Egypt (Alexandria ?): Tiibingen, Inv.

Badly damaged fragment of a statuette in limestone (H. 0.25).

"Fragments of a figure dressed in the same manner as Mithras in the banquet scene, were found in the rubbish".

"On this same bench, where the banquet scene was found, and adhering to the south wall (fig. 12, II), were many fragments of plaster decorated with green leaves and tree branches" (Report, 104).

The Mithraeum of Cyrene is preserved among the remarkable ruins of the ancient capital of the Roman province of Cyrene.

Founded on the site of ancient Byzantium and refounded in 330 CE, Constantinopolis became an imperial residence in the eastern Roman Empire. In the 4th century, it was a key setting for interaction between traditional cults and Christian authority.

Professional author with a special interest in Greco-Roman ritual and sacred landscapes, art and philosophy.