CIMRM 391 - Other finds. Barberini Mithraeum, Rome

391. Square marble slab (0.30), walled in the right projecting elevation before the cult-niche. Yperanthes / basem inbicto / donum / dedit. The name of Yperanthes seems to be of Persian origin (cf. CIG XII p. 480). The inscription stands in a red frame, in which traces of red and blue colours. 392. Before the niche in the central aisle stands an altar (H. 0.80 Br. 0.60), covered with marble. The altar is pierced by a hole (diam. 0.17-0.12) in which traces of fire are to be seen. Below this hole, on the back a second hole (depth 0.25) has been made. See fig. 111, a. 393. On the last column of the left bench, a standing person has been painted in red, pressing his l.h. against his, breast and stretching out his r.h. towards an apparently kneeling person, whose head is covered with ivy. The latter stretches both hands (Annibaldi, fig. 4). 394. On the last column but one, a standing person in short tunic with a wreath of ivy. In his l.h. he carries fruits. 395. Graffito on the left wall: Macarius.