Monumentum
Tauroctony fragment with Sol and Cautopates from Mithraeum II, Ptuj
Left portion of a marble tauroctony relief from Mithraeum II at Ptuj, ancient Poetovio, preserving the bust of Sol and below it standing Cautopates with a downward torch, together with the bull's hind-leg and Mithras's right leg.
Tauroctony fragment with Sol and Cautopates from Mithraeum II, PtujCIMRM
The New Mithraeum
27 May 2026
TNMM 1629 ↔ CIMRM 1540
The left part of a marble relief (H. 0.36 Br. 0.15 D. 0.05). Inv. No. 158.
Abramić, 73 No. 70. See fig. 392.
Dressed bust of Sol and underneath it standing Cautopates with torch downwards. Hind-leg of the bull; r. leg of Mithras and part of his flying cloak. Bull's tail and part of the border of the grotto. In the bottom rim an inscription:
References
- Vermaseren, Maarten Jozef (1956) Corpus Inscriptionum et Monumentorum Religionis Mithriacae
