Folia archeologica 48.
István Vörös: Az aquincumi castrum mithraeumának állatcsontleletei
ANIMAL REMAINS FROM AQUINCUM 81 Fig. 6. Mithraeum sanctuary. Glass plate with cattle decoration. After Kocsis 1991 fig. 11.1. 6. ábra Mithraeum szentély. Üvegtál szarvasmarha ábrázolással. (Kocsis 1991. 11.1. ábra) Photoes: Ilona Molnár (Budapest Historical Museum) Drawings: Ágnes Vári (Hungarian National Museum) Considering the casting time for pig published by Varrò (Varrò Vili. 250) and the mortality of the animals, the butchering of the animals and the consumption of the dishes made of them could take place in the months of June/July to September/October and December/January to February/April, respectively 5 4. Further research on religious history should clarify tne connection between the sacrified animals and the figures of the Mithrean rhyte 5 5 . It is especially interesting, how an eastern-mediterranean cult adjusted itself to the consumption of pork, or, how much the poultry dishes donated to the deceased on the occasion of certain Roman burials were related to the appearance of the new cult? 6. Glass plate with cattle representation from the Mithraic sanctuary In the walled-off sanctuary, remains of a flat glass plate broken into several pieces were found (diameter: 205 mm, height: 43 mm). The glass plate can be dated to the 3 r d century A.D., and it is decorated on the bottom by the figure of a 5 4 Vörös 1992. fig. 88. 5 5 Kane 1975.
