Mithraeum of the Seven Gates
Name of structure: | Mithraeum of the Seven Gates |
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Type of structure: | Mithraeum |
Country or main area: | Italy |
Region within country or main area: | Lazio |
City or area within region: | Ostia |
Date of structure: | 160-170 AD |
Century of structure 1: | 2 AD |
Century of structure 2: | |
Specific place of mosaic: | Couches, sides of pilasters |
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: | Cautes and Cautopates, Mars and Venus, young female representing the moon and Mercury, in black and white stone mosaic |
Date of mosaic: | 160-170 AD |
Century of mosaic 1: | 2 AD |
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Silver tessera at site: | No |
Gold tessera at site: | No |
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Were other materials found at site (i.e., glass cakes)? | |
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Bibliography of mainly technical resources: | Sear, Frank B., Roman Wall and Vault Mosaics (Heidelberg: F. H. Kerle Verlag, 1977), 116 |
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