CIMRM 478 - Oceanus / Saturnus. Santa Prisca, Rome, Italy
See also: CIMRM 476 Mithraeum; 477 Cautes; 478 Oceanus / Saturnus; 479 Tauroctony; Paintings: 480 Upper S. wall, 481 Upper S.(contd), 482 Upper N. wall, 483 Upper, Cave , 484 Under S., 485 Under N.; 486-496 Misc. finds; 497-500 Inscriptions and coins; CIMRM Supplement - Zodiac; Intarsio of Sol.
478.
Statue in stucco in the cult-niche.
Ferrua, 12f. See fig. 131.
Reclining Oceanus-Saturnus, the lower part of whose body is covered by a redblue cloak. The naked breast has a red colour. Behind his shoulders the remnants of a blue velum are visible, which he has wrapped over his head. The right guilded hand hold a part of a stick, probably an oar; Both arms are lacking. In his left shoulder a leaden tube is visible, which probably leads to the upraised left hand in which he held a patera.
A more detailed description of this statue and its significance has been given in M. J. Vermaseren - C. C. van Essen, The Aventine Mithraeum Adjoining the Church of St. Prisca in Antiquity and Survival I, 1955,3-36; especially 15-18.
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