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Monumentum

Tauroctony relief with Cautes and Cautopates from Mithraeum III, Ptuj

Damaged marble relief from Mithraeum III at Ptuj, ancient Poetovio, preserving Cautopates with torch downward on the right and the outline of a standing Cautes on the other side, with a fragmentary inscription in the lower border.

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27 May 2026

Fragment of a marble relief (H. 0.25 Br. 0.35 D. 0.08). Inv. No. 297.Abramić, 183 No. 245.The relief is damaged. On the right part of Cautopates with the torch downwards is preserved. On the other side probably a standing Cautes. An inscription:

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