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Marble lion with swine's head from Mithraeum II, Ptuj

Marble lion from Mithraeum II at Ptuj, ancient Poetovio, holding a swine's head under its left fore-leg — a sacrificial animal pairing associated with the Mithraic lion grade.
 
The New Mithraeum
27 May 2026
A marble lion (H. 0.39 Br. 0.37) holding a swine's head under its left fore-leg (Inv. No. 133).

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