Mithraeum, Palazzo Imperiale, Reg III

Name of structure: Mithraeum, Palazzo Imperiale, Reg III
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: First half third century AD
Century of structure 1: 3 AD
Century of structure 2:
Specific place of mosaic: Niche
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: Silvanus, dog, altar, trees
Date of mosaic: Becatti dates to first half third century on stylisic grounds, but J M C Toynbee dates to early fourth centuryAD
Century of mosaic 1: 3 AD
Century of mosaic 2: 4 AD
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), 121-22
See also:
Becatti, G., Scavi di Ostia, vol 2 (Rome: 1954), 53ff;  vol 4 (Rome:1961), 167, no. 310
Vermaseren, M.J., Corpus Inscriptionum et Monumentorum Religionis Mithriacae (The Hague: 1956), 124-26, nos 250, 252

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