Mithras rock-born from Ptuj

The New Mithraeum

26 Apr 2010

Updated on Feb 2022

TNMM 186 ↔ CIMRM 1492 & 1493

Base with statue in white marble (H. 0.97 Br. 0.46 D. 0.31), found near 4. Inv. No. XXXXVI.

Youthful, naked Mithras being born from the rock around which a serpent is coiling. The head of the god is lacking as well as the greater part of the dagger(r) and of the torch (l) he holds in his upraised hands. On the front of the base in a tabula ansata the following inscription:

CIMRM 1493

L.H. 0.03-0.025.

Naturae dei / Prudens Primi / Antoni Rufi p(ublici) p(ortorii) / vil(ici) vic(arius).

CIL III 1435429

Naturae dei / Prudens Primi / Antoni Rufi p[ublici] p[ortorii] / vil[ici] vic[arius].

To the birth of God. Prudentus, under the management of Primus, caretaker of the public customs office [tenant] Antonius Rufus.

References

Gurlitt in JOAI 1899, 92 and 95 No. 4 with fig.; MCC, 92 with fig.; Abramic, 166 No. 299 and fig. 117; All 1,136 No. 293. See fig. 379. CIL III 1435429; ILS 4245; Dobo, No. 41.