The worship of Liber Pater is discussed in a separate section about the Temple of Liber Pater, the Forum Vinarium and the Torlonia relief.
Next to the objects discussed there, we have a few objects, of which unfortunately the precise place of discovery is unknown. The first one is intriguing, because of the fragmentary inscription [---]YTH PATER, held by a Victoria flying to the left. For the letters YTH no explanation has been found. PATER might be part of Liber Pater. Two large figures have been preserved, the left one perhaps a Maenad, the right one a man holding a thyrsus.
Fragment of a relief with a female figure and a man holding a thyrsus, and with the text [---]YTH PATER.
Museum Ostia, inv. nr. 1561. From the Episcopio in Portus. Guida p. 72 nr. 16. Photo: ICCD E035384
Dionysiac mask. Museum Ostia, inv. nr. 91.
Found in the Isola Sacra necropolis, tomb 106 (of Iulia Procula).
Guida p. 10 nr. 4. Photo: ICCD E022160A.
Torso, perhaps of Bacchus. H. 0.67.
Museo Torlonia, inv. nr. 8. Found in Portus.
Small male head with vine-leaves, perhaps Bacchus-Dionysus. W. 0.075, h. 0.08.
Museum Ostia, inv. nr. 1783. From the Episcopio in Portus. Photo: CGBC 1200065426.
