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Monumentum

Altar of Ursulus from Paternion

Altar from the Drave valley between Teurnia and Virunum, Noricum, now reused as a pedestal for a cross, dedicated to Invicto deo Mithrae for the welfare of Marcus Publius Potens by his freedman Ursulus.

The New Mithraeum

28 May 2026

Altar, now used as a pedestal for a cross before the church-entrance. "Vallis Dravi inter Teurniam et Virunum".Egger in JOAI XXV, 1929 (Beibl.) 164; R. Egger, Teurnia, 66; CIL III 4752; S. 11491.I(nvicto) d(eo) M(ithrae) / pro salut(e) / M(arci) P(ubli) Potentis / Ursulus lib(ertus) / v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibertus) m(erito).

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