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A Newly Discovered Mithraeum at Ostia

David, Massimiliano (2018) A Newly Discovered Mithraeum at Ostia. ACTA ANTIQUA ACADEMIAE SCIENTIARUM HUNGARICAE, 58 (1-4). pp. 117-131. ISSN 0044-5975 (print); 1588-2543 (online)

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Abstract

In 2014, during the archaeological investigations carried out by the University of Bologna (Department of History and Cultures – Section of Archaeology), within the Ostia Marina Project, in the suburban neighborhood out of Porta Marina (block IV, ix), a new building has been found with outstanding Mithraic features. The building, for the special type of the marble floor of the spelaeum, has been conventionally called the “Mithraeum of colored marbles”. The spelaeum has a single bench, a ritual well and a flowerbed for a sacred plant. It differs clearly both in form and size from the typical patterns of the mithraea discovered until now in ancient Ostia. On the basis of the currently available data, a very late chronology (end of 4th century AD) can be proposed for the building.

Item Type: Article
Additional Information: Az eredeti francia nyelvű tanulmány szövegét angol nyelvre fordította: Patricia A. Johnston The original French text was translated into English by Patricia A. Johnston MTA KFB támogatási szerződés alapján archiválva
Uncontrolled Keywords: Mithraism, ancient Ostia, Mithraeum of colored marbles, Roman religion, Caupona of god Pan
Subjects: P Language and Literature / nyelvészet és irodalom > PA Classical philology / klasszika-filológia
Depositing User: László Sallai-Tóth
Date Deposited: 17 Jan 2020 10:53
Last Modified: 05 Feb 2024 13:59
URI: http://real.mtak.hu/id/eprint/104155

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