Altar of Felix to Petra Genetrix from Mithraeum I, Ptuj
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.
The New Mithraeum
27 May 2026
CIL III 13454³⁰; ILS 4244; Dobo, No. 42.L.H. 0.023–0.025.Petrae / genetrici / Felix / Prudentis Antoni / Rufi / p(ublici) p(ortorii) vil(ici) vic(arius) / ex viso.Felix substitutes Prudens who is the slave of Antonius Rufus and who is vilicus (bailiff) of the publicum portorium Illyricum. In CIL III 1568 (Mehadia) Antonius Rufus dedicates an altar to Hercules Augustus during the consulate of Barbarus and Regulus in A.D. 157.
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.
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.
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.