Monumentum
Mithraeum IV at Ptuj
Fourth Mithraic sanctuary discovered at Ptuj, ancient Poetovio, at Zgornji Breg in 1937; the sanctuary (c.14 × 7 m) is oriented west–east with the standard corridor and bench division, an altar before the cult niche, and a water-basin in the pronaos.
The New Mithraeum
27 May 2026
TNMM 1692 ↔ CIMRM 1615
Mithraeum IV was found at Ptuj (Pettau) at Zgornji Breg in 1937. The finds are in the Museum at Ptuj.
B. Saria in Germania 22, 1938, 210ff. See fig. 414.
The sanctuary (L. ca. 14.00 Br. ca. 7.00) is oriented W-E. It has the normal division into a central corridor and two benches. Before the cult-niche there are remains of an altar. In the pronaos a water-basin was found.
References
- Vermaseren, Maarten Jozef (1956) Corpus Inscriptionum et Monumentorum Religionis Mithriacae
