Mithraic monuments of Poetovio
Mithraeum III of Ptuj
Mithraeum III in Ptuj was built in two periods: the original walls were made of pebbles, while the extension of a later period was made of brick.
CIMRM 1578
Mithraeum I of Ptuj
The Mithraeum I of Ptuj contains the foundation, altars, reliefs and cult imagery found in it.
CIMRM 1487
Mithras rock-born from Ptuj
The sculpture includes a serpent climbing the rock from which Mithras is born.
CIMRM 1492
Mithraeum II of Ptuj
Mithraeum II was found at Ptuj at a distance of 20 m south of the Mithraeum I in 1901.
CIMRM 1509
Mithras rock-birth of Mithraeum III, Ptuj
Cautes and Cautopates attend the birth of Mithras from the rock in the Petrogenia of the third Mithraeum of Ptuj.
CIMRM 1593
Flavius Aper altar (CIMRM 1584)
The altar of Ptuj depicts Mithras and Sol on the front and the water miracle on the right side.
CIMRM 1584
Mithras taurophorus of Ptuj
The sculpture of Mithras carrying the bull includes an inscription on its base.
CIMRM 1494
Relief fragment from Ptuj
Several Mithraic scenes, including Mithras with Saturn, Mithras with Sol and Mithras' Ascension, are depicted on this fragment of a relief from Ptuj.
CIMRM 1579
Altar with inscription and symbolic figures from Ptuj
This altar from Ptuj, present-day Poetovio, is decorated with various Mithraic animals such as a tortoise, a cock and a crow and other objects.
CIMRM 1496
Tauroctony on altar of Ptuj
Remarkable fragmentary sculpture of Mithras slaying the bull on an inscribed altar found in Mithraeum III at Ptuj.
CIMRM 1589
Mithraeum V of Ptuj
Part of the finds from the fifth Mithraeum of Ptuj is kept in the Hotel Mitra in the modern city.
People attested in Poetovio
Inscriptions from Poetovio
Mithras rock-born from Ptuj
Naturae dei / Prudens Primi / Antoni Rufi p[ublici] p[ortorii] / vil[ici] vic[arius].
To the birth of God. Prudentus, under the management of Primus, caretaker of the public customs office [tenant] Antonius Rufus.
Mithras rock-birth of Mithraeum III, Ptuj
D[eo] S[oli] i[nvicto] M[ithrae] / pro sal[ute] officialium Apri prae/positi leg[ionum] V M[acedonicae] et XIII gem[inae] / Galli[enarum].
To the invincible god Sol Mithras, for the salvation of the members of the administrative office [officiales] of [Flavius] Aper, commander of the Macedonian legions V and XIII Gemina Galliens
Flavius Aper altar (CIMRM 1584)
D[eo] S[oli] i[nvicto] M[ithrae] / pro sal[ute] d[omini] n[ostri] Gallieni p[ii] f[elicis] / invicti Aug[usti] Fl[avius] Aper v[ir] e[gregius] l[ibens] m[erito].
To the invincible god Mithras, for the salvation of our pious and happy master Gallienus, the invincible emperor, Flavius Aper, a remarkable man [= knight], willingly and justly.
Mithras taurophorus of Ptuj
Transitu / C[aius] Caecina / Calpurnius / temp[lum] redemi[t] et restitu[it].
For the Transitus, Caius Caecina Calpurnius bought back the temple and restored it.
Altar with inscription and symbolic figures from Ptuj
Invict[o] Mithrae / et Transitu dei / Theodorus p[ublici] p[ortorii] / scrut[ator] stat[ionis] Poet[ovionensis] / ex visu.
To the invincible Mithras and for the passage [transitus] of the god, Theodorus, scrutator of the customs of the Poetovio station, following a vision.
Tauroctony on altar of Ptuj
D[eo] S[oli] i[nvicto] M[ithrae] / pro [sa] salute /canaliclari / et actariorum /et codicarior[um] / et librariorum / leg[ionum] V M[acedonicae] et XIII g[eminae] / Gallienarum.
Altar by Hermanio of Poetovio
Cauti // pro salute Fl[avi] / Hermadionis / et Aviti Syriac[i] / et filiorum / Felix libert[us]
Inscription of Aurelius Iustinianus from Ptuj
Templum / dei{i} Sol[is] Inv[icti] Mit[hrae] / Aure[l[ius]] Iusti/nianus v[ir] p[erfectissimus] / dux labefa/ctatum re/stituit.
The temple of the invincible Sol god Mithras, which had collapsed, was restored by Aurelius Iustinianus, vir perfectissimus and dux.
Altar with Sol from Ptuj
D[eo] S[oli] i[nvicto] M[ithrae] / pro salute / tesserarior[um] / et custod[um] ar/mor[um] leg[ionum] V M[acedonicae] / et XIII gemin[a]e Gallienarum.
To the Unconquered Sun God Mithras, for the well-being of the tessera-bearers and the guards of the weapons of the Legio V Macedonica and the twin Legio XIII Gemina of the Gallieni.
Votive altar to Mithras from Poetovio
D[eo] invicto] M[ithrae] / pro salute / Charidemi / Aug[usti] n[ostri] vil[ici] sta[tionis] / Enensis / M. Antonius / Celer votum] s[olvit] l[ibens] m[erito].
To the unconquered god Mithras, for the health of Charidemus, our Emperor’s estate manager at the station of Enensis, Marcus Antonius Celer gladly and deservedly fulfilled his vow.
Cautes statue base from Mithraeum I, Ptuj
Primitivos / C(aii) Antoni Rufi / proc(uratoris) Aug(usti) p(ublici) p(ortorii) (contra)scr(iptor) / in / memoriam / Hyacinthi.
Primitivos, contrascriptor of Caius Antonius Rufus, procurator of Augustus of the public customs, in memory of Hyacinthus.
Cautopates statue base from Mithraeum I, Ptuj
Primitivos / C(aii) Antoni Ruf(i) / proc(uratoris) Aug(usti) p(ublici) p(ortorii) (contra)scr(iptor) / in / memoriam / Hyacinthi.
Primitivos, contrascriptor of Caius Antonius Rufus, procurator of Augustus of the public customs, in memory of Hyacinthus.
References
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- Alfred Shenington Geden. Altar for Cautopates from Ptuj in EDCS
- Alfred Shenington Geden. Altar with Sol from Ptuj in EDCS
- Alfred Shenington Geden. Altar with inscription and symbolic figures from Ptuj in EDCS
- Alfred Shenington Geden. Inscription of Aurelius Iustinianus from Ptuj in EDCS
- Alfred Shenington Geden. Mithras taurophorus of Ptuj in EDCS
- Alfred Shenington Geden. Tauroctony on altar of Ptuj in EDCS
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- Epigraphic Database Heidelberg. Altar with inscription and symbolic figures from Ptuj in EDH
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- Epigraphic Database Heidelberg. Tauroctony on altar of Ptuj in EDH
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