Monumentum
Mithras taurophorus of Ptuj
The sculpture of Mithras carrying the bull includes an inscription on its base.
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The New Mithraeum
15 Aug 2021
Updated on Nov 2022
TNMM 316 ↔ CIMRM 1494 & 1495
Base with a statue in white marble (H. 1.59 Br. 0.48 D. 0.42), found near 5. Inv. No. xxxxii.
On a base Mithras taurophoros. The fore-feet of the animal touch the ground.
In the front of the base an inscription:
CIMRM 1495
CIL III 1435428
L.H. 0.03-0.05.
Transitu / C(aius) Caecina / Calpurnius / temp(lum) redemi(t) et restitu(it).
CIL III 14354
Transitu / C[aius] Caecina / Calpurnius / temp[lum] redemi[t] et restitu[it].
For the Transitus, Caius Caecina Calpurnius bought back the temple and restored it.
References
Gurlitt in JOAI 1899, 92 and 96 No. 5; MCC, 92 and fig. 2; Abramic, 166 No. 231 and fig. 118-119; Casopis XXVII, 1933, 137ff; Ferri, Arte Dan., 179f and figs. 189-190; Mostra, 719f No. 50; AJI, 135f No. 292 and fig. See fig. 380.
- Vermaseren, Maarten Jozef (1956) Corpus Inscriptionum et Monumentorum Religionis Mithriacae
