Monumentum
Cippus from the Mitreo delle Pareti Dipinte
These small monuments bear the inscriptions of two of the brothers involved in the Mithras cult at the Mithraeum of the Painted Walls.
The New Mithraeum
31 Jan 2023
Cippi with an inscription from Mitreo.
Ostia-antica.org / Marchesini 2013
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Marble cippus with inscription (H. 0.305 Br. 0.12-0.65).
L.H. 0.013-0.021.
C. Caelius E[r]/meros / antis/tes h[ui]/us loc[i] / fecit / s(ua) p(ecunia).
The name of C. Caelius Ermeros occurs also in the Mithraeum of the Palazzo Imperiale (No. 255), dating from 162 A.D. The same person was therefore a priest in two sanctuaries, probably he founded this new community.
Becatti, 67 and PI. XIII, 1.
Small marble cippus.
A. Aemi/lius An / ...…ius.
Becatti, 67.
L.H. 0.013-0.021.
C. Caelius E[r]/meros / antis/tes h[ui]/us loc[i] / fecit / s(ua) p(ecunia).
The name of C. Caelius Ermeros occurs also in the Mithraeum of the Palazzo Imperiale (No. 255), dating from 162 A.D. The same person was therefore a priest in two sanctuaries, probably he founded this new community.
Small marble cippus.
A. Aemi/lius An / ...…ius.