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Primitive torchbearer fragment from Mithraeum II, Ptuj

Left portion of a primitive marble relief from Mithraeum II at Ptuj, ancient Poetovio, preserving the upper part of a figure in Oriental dress holding a downward torch and the bust of Sol in the upper corner.

The New Mithraeum

27 May 2026

Fragment of a marble relief (H. 0.27 Br. 0.11 D. 0.02). Inv. No. 54.Ferri, Arte Dan., 183 fig. 195.L. part of a primitive representation. The upper part of a person in Oriental dress, he holds in his r.h. an arched object (torch?) downwards and his l.h. at his mouth. In the l. upper corner, outside the grotto's border, the bust of Sol in radiate crown to the right.

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