White marble altar from Mithraeum I at Ptuj, dedicated to Cautes by Venulus and decorated with a bust of the god emerging from foliage.
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The New Mithraeum
27 May 2026
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Votive altar in white marble (H. 0.95 Br. 0.36 D. 0.36), found near 7.Gurlitt in MCC 93 and fig. 3; Abramić, 168f No. 233 and fig. 120; Časopis 1933, 138 and figs. 47–48; Jahrb. f. Alterk., 1913, Taf. XXIII, 2; Mostra, 701 No. 36; AIJ I, 138 No. 295 with fig.On the front, below the inscription, the dressed bust of Cautes emerges from some leaves. In the upper part volutes in which ram’s heads and between which is a palm-branch.CIMRM 1499CIL III 14354³¹.L.H. 0.035–0.05.Cauti / sacr(um) / Venulus / Apon(ii) Ing(enui) (servus) v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) m(erito).l. 3: Apon(ius) Ing(enuus) CIL.