Monumentum
Altar with inscription and symbolic figures from Ptuj
This altar from Ptuj, present-day Poetovio, is decorated with various Mithraic animals such as a tortoise, a cock and a crow and other objects.
Altar with inscription and symbolic figures from Ptuj
Ortolf Harl via Lupa.at
Altar from Ptuj (left side)
Ortolf Harl via Lupa.at
Altar from Ptuj (left side)
Ortolf Harl via Lupa.at
Altar from Ptuj (left side)
Ortolf Harl via Lupa.at
The New Mithraeum
19 Jan 2022
Updated on Nov 2022
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The upper part of the altar is decorated with arches. On the l. side a cock is perched on a tortoise; on the r. side a raven upon a bow, a Phrygian cap and a dagger. Above its head a star. In the front an inscription:CIMRM 1497CIL III 1435427
L.H. 0.025-0.03.
Invict(o) Mithrae / et transitu dei / Theodorus p(ublici) p(ortorii) / scrut(ator) stat(ionis) Poet(ovionensis) / ex visu.Gurlitt in JOAI 1899, 97f No. 6 with fig.; MCC, 92; Abramic, 167f No. 232; Jahrb. f. Altertk. VII, 1913, Taf. XXIV; 4; …