Mithraeum of the Seven Spheres

Name of structure: Mithraeum of the Seven Spheres
Extended name of structure:
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: Second century AD
Century of structure 1: 2 AD
Century of structure 2:
Specific place of mosaic: Couches
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: Walls of couches depict Diana, Mercury, Jupiter, Mars, Venus and Saturn in black and white stone mosaic
Date of mosaic: Second century AD
Century of mosaic 1: 2 AD
Century of mosaic 2:
Silver tessera at site: No
Gold tessera at site: No
Colour tessera at site:
Were other materials found at site (i.e., glass cakes)?
Has analysis been done?
Samples taken from where?
Excavation and restoration campaigns:
Bibliography of mainly technical resources:

Sear, Frank B., Roman Wall and Vault Mosaics (Heidelberg: F. H. Kerle Verlag, 1977), 119
See also:
Becatti, G., Scavi di Ostia, vol 2 (Rome: 1954), 47-51, pls 6-8
Vermaseren, M.J., Corpus Inscriptionum et Monumentorum Religionis Mithriacae (The Hague: 1956), 121-23, nos. 239-43

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