Monumentum
Rock-birth statue with serpent from Mithraeum II, Ptuj
Marble statue on base from Mithraeum II at Ptuj, ancient Poetovio, depicting the naked Mithras entwined by a serpent as he emerges from the rock; the breast is damaged, and the head and arms are lost.
The New Mithraeum
27 May 2026
TNMM 1620 ↔ CIMRM 1530
Base and statue composed of several fragments (H. 1.38 Br. 0.25 D. 0.23). Inv. No. 153.
Abramić, 71 No. 61. See fig. 391.
Above the profiled top of the base there is a representation of Mithras' rockbirth. The god is naked and is entwined by a serpent. The breast is damaged; the head and the arms are lost. In the base an inscription:
References
- Vermaseren, Maarten Jozef (1956) Corpus Inscriptionum et Monumentorum Religionis Mithriacae
