Mithraeum IV of Ptuj

TNMM 1424 ↔ CIMRM 1613

According to A. v. Premerstein in AEMO X, 1886, 234f., the following four inscriptions may have belonged to a Mithraeum IV. The last inscription was originally found in the pavement of the Pettau (Ptuj)-Kartschovina road, but was later on walled in in the medieval town-wall as well as the three others. The sanctuary probably was situated opposite the former monastery of the Dominican Friars (now barracks) “wo Substructionen von 10 Klafter Länge und Breite aus Blöcken rothen Marmors von 6-8 Fuss bestehend vor Alters aufgedeckt worden waren” (cf. ÖAI II 1899, Beibl. 100). No sculptures were found.

Later research connected additional marble blocks and reliefs discovered in 1957 at Muzejski Trg 1 with the so-called Mithraeum IV. The finds, recovered in secondary position within pavements and roads, included a relief of Sol stylistically dated to the reign of Gallienus. Among the monuments attributed to the sanctuary is the inscription of Aurelius Iustinianus recording the restoration of the temple in the early 4th century CE.