CIMRM 273 - Marble slab with inscription. Mithraeum of the "Planta Pedis", Ostia, Italy.
See also: CIMRM 272 Mithraeum; 273 Marble slab with inscription; 274 Tauroctony side-pieces; 275 Circular basin; 276 Fragmentary inscription; 277 Coin of Valerian.
CIMRM entry
273.
Marble slab (H. 0.37 Br. 0.75) belonging to the marble revetment of the cult niche. L.H. 0.03-0.05.
Becatti, Mitrei Ostia, 82.
Pr(o) sal(ute) Au(gustorum duorum) / S(oli) i(nvicto) M(ithrae) / Florius Hermadio / sacerdos s(ua) p(ecunia) f(ecit).The two emperors may have been Marc Aurelius and Lucius Verus. Marc Aurelius and Commodus, Septimius Severus and Caracalla or Caracalla and Geta (Becatti).
A. Fl(avius) Hermadio in Rome No. 590.
I.e. "For the safety of the two emperors. To the unconquered sun Mithras. Florius Hermadio the priest made this with his own money."
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