White marble base from Mithraeum I at Ptuj, ancient Poetovio, with an inscription and the preserved foot and lower garment of a Cautes statue.
The New Mithraeum
27 May 2026
Updated on Aug 2026
Base in white marble (H. 0.055 Br. 0.29 D. 0.26), found near 8.Gurlitt in MCC 93 and fig. 4; Abramić, 169f No. 235; AIJ I, 138f No. 296 and fig.Upon the base with inscription a foot and a part of Cautes’ dress are visible.CIMRM 1501L.H. 0.02.Primitivos / C(aii) Antoni Rufi / proc(uratoris) Aug(usti) p(ublici) p(ortorii) (contra)scr(iptor) / in / memoriam / Hyacinthi.Hyacinthus was probably the founder of this sanctuary.