Mithraeum at Pohanica

TNMM 2310 ↔ CIMRM 1457

In Ober-Pohanica (Zgornje Pohanca) near Zdole, 6 km North of the railway station of Rann a small Mithraeum was found in the slope of a ravine, the so-called "Zlodjer" = "Teufelsgraben". The monuments are in Graz, Joanneum. Dr. W. Modrijan gave permission for new photographs to be taken.

W. Schmid, Das Mithrasheiligtum von Pohanica bei Rann an der Save in Schild von Steier, Beiträge zur steirischen vor- und Frühgeschichte I, 1945, 10ff with plan fig. 2.

The sanctuary is situated in a grotto under a slightly projecting rock. Its entrance now lies 1.80 mtrs. above the actual ground-level of the ravine. The rock was somewhat enlarged artificially (H. 1.80 Br. 4.00 D. 4.60) and in some parts the rock was supported by brick-work. Against the backwall (Br. 2.50) the cult relief was placed and on either side an altar was erected. Remnants of wood show that the inside of the grotto was covered with wood. The coins and fragments of pottery are lost.