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Monumentum

Stele with silver plaque housing from Mithraeum III, Ptuj

Marble stele from Mithraeum III at Ptuj, ancient Poetovio, tapering towards the top and bearing a square hollow with five nail-holes designed to hold a small silver plaque — the plaque was removed, perhaps taken by the Mithraists themselves.
 
The New Mithraeum
27 May 2026
Marble stele (H. 0.915 Br. 0.445 D. 0.11) found near the base of the large cultrelief. Inv. No. 292.Abramić, 187f No. 246 and fig. 129; AIJ I, 145 No. 312 and fig.The stele which narrows down at the top bears an inscription on the front. Above it between two small columns there is a square hollow with five nail-holes in order to affix a small silver plate which got lost.

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