Support The New MithraeumThe New Mithraeum is an independent, non-profit project dedicated to Mithraic studies, ancient religions and classical culture.Developed and maintained independently since 2007, the site exists without advertising, paywalls or institutional funding. If you have found value in its articles, interviews, photographs or database, please consider supporting the project with a contribution.Every contribution helps keep The New Mithraeum open, free and alive.Thank you.
White marble base from Mithraeum I at Ptuj, ancient Poetovio, with an inscription and the preserved legs, garment, and torch of a Cautopates statue.
The New Mithraeum
27 May 2026
Updated on Aug 2026
White marble base (H. 0.47 Br. 0.26 D. 0.265), found near 10.Gurlitt in MCC 94 and fig. 7; Abramić, 169f No. 236; AIJ I 139 No. 298 and fig.Upon the base with inscription Cautopates’ legs, part of his garment and his torch are visible.CIMRM 1503CIL III 14354³⁴.L.H. 0.025.Primitivos / C(aii) Antoni Ruf(i) / proc(uratoris) Aug(usti) p(ublici) p(ortorii) (contra)scr(iptor) / in / memoriam / Hyacinthi.