Folia archeologica 48.

István Vörös: Az aquincumi castrum mithraeumának állatcsontleletei

ANIMAL REMAINS FROM AQUINCUM 73 Carnuntu

m (Deiitsch-Altenberg, Austria) In Mithraeum I., "many traces of ash among which were bones and teeth of oxe

n, shee

p and goat

s, but mostly gees

e and chicke

n bones"

1

9

. ITALIA Anger

a - "la Tana del lupo" Cave (N-Italy) In a cave with a Mithraeum: "in and in front of the Mithraeum there were bones of cattl

e, goat

s, poultr

y and swin

e"

2

0. Osti

a - "Mitreo della planta pedis" (Italy) In the central aisle of the Mithraeum: "in the right bench, ... in a small rectangular depression., in a niche there were bones of fow

l

2

1 ". Capu

a - "S. Maria Capua Vetere" (Italy) In the Mithraeum, "near the crossing of the criptoporticus "occasional" remnants of animal bones"

2

2 were found Roma (Italy) 1. Mithraeum "Palazzo dei Musei di Roma" "In the right niche of the door c., were found some bones. Under the doorway d. there a pit in which a round amphora. On the bottom, two tusks of a boa

r were found

2

3". "Further other finds were made such as bones of animals, tusks of boar

s...

2

4 ". 2. Mithraeum "S. Prisca". "Hundreds o

f pig's teet

h were found in layers which could equally belong to the sanctuary itself or the rubble of later periods

2

5 " NORICUM St. Urban Se

e - "Bichl" Cave (above Glanegg, Katinthia, Austria) The natural cave served as a Mithrauem. There were "animal bones" in the rubbish

2

6

. Tunnel Cav

e - Kugelstein at Deutschfeistritz, Mur valley N of Graz, Styria, Austria) From the Roman period layers in the cave, remains of juvenile poultr

y and pig

s were found. Further animals found here included shee

p, goa

t, rodent

s, birds and fish

2

7 (Table 9.) RAETIA Zilli

s - Cave (Schams district, Graubünden Commune (Kanton), Switzerland) In the small cave, a Mithraeum was found. The archaeozoological evidence comprised remains of cattle, sheep/goat, pig, hen as well as horse, red deer and hare8

. Forum Claudii Vallensiu

m - Martigny (Commune (Kanton) Valais, Via Mala Switzerland). 1

9 CIMRM II. 1679. 2

0 CIMRM I. 716. 2

1 CIMRM I. 272. 2

2 CIMRM I. 199. 2

3 CIMRM I. 434. 2

4 CIMRM I. 444. 2

5 Vermaseren-van Essen 1965. 171. 2

6 CIMRM II. 1442. 2

7 Adam-Czeika-Fladerer 1995/96. Tabi. 1. 2

8 Rageth 1996. 385., van der Driesch-Pöllath 2000. 154.