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Monumentum

Altar for Cautopates from Ptuj

Altar for Cautopates.

Altar to Cautopates from Ptuj.
Ortolf Harl 2012

The New Mithraeum

6 Jan 2025

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Volute cushions (pulvini), rams’ heads in the volutes, acanthus chalice in between. Below the inscription bust of Cautopates. On the side sides profile head of Mithras with Phrygian cap above rocks.

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