White marble base from Mithraeum I at Ptuj, ancient Poetovio, bearing a dressed bust of Sol on the left lateral face and an inscription recording a dedication related to the Mithraic transit ritual.
The New Mithraeum
27 May 2026
Base in white marble (H. 0.65 Br. 0.37 D. 0.27), found near 2. Inv. No. XXX.Gurlitt in JOAI 1899, 94 No. 2 and fig.; Abramić, 164f No. 227; Jahrb. f. Alterk., VII, 1913 Taf. XXIII, 5; Ferri, Arte Dan., 200 fig. 216–7; Loeschke in Tr. H., 316 fig. 4; Mostra, 721 No. 55; AIJ 136f No. 294 with fig.On the l. side of the altar the dressed bust of Sol in a crown of ten rays and with a whip in his r.h. On the r. side the dressed bust of Luna with crescent on her head. In the front a framed inscription (1490). Upon the base stood a statue of Mithras' rockbirth, because the lower part of the rock is still preserved.
Marble altar with akroteria from Mithraeum I at Ptuj, ancient Poetovio, dedicated to Invicto Mithrae by Festus, vicarius of Primus, vilicus of the publicum portorium.
Inscription from Mithraeum I at Ptuj, ancient Poetovio, dedicated to Petrae genetrici ex viso by Felix, vicarius of Prudens, slave of Antonius Rufus, vilicus of the publicum portorium Illyricum — one of several Mithraic dedications by this household.
Altar from Mithraeum I at Ptuj, ancient Poetovio, dedicated to Deo invicto Mithrae by Optimus Vitalis, vicarius of Sabinus Veranus, vilicus of the publicum portorium.
White marble altar from Mithraeum I at Ptuj, ancient Poetovio, decorated with a bust of Cautopates, two ram heads flanking a palm, and lateral representations of Mithras’ rock-birth.