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Tauroctony on altar of Ptuj

Remarkable fragmentary sculpture of Mithras slaying the bull on an inscribed altar found in Mithraeum III at Ptuj.
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The New Mithraeum
12 Nov 2022

TNMM 564 ↔ CIMRM 1589 & 1590

Fragmented Mithras killing the bull at the usual fashion over altar shaped-based with inscription.

Main inscription

D[eo] S[oli] i[nvicto] M[ithrae] / pro [sa] salute /canaliclari / et actariorum /et codicarior[um] / et librariorum / leg[ionum] V M[acedonicae] et XIII g[eminae] / Gallienarum.

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Related monuments

Mithraeum III of Ptuj

Mithraeum III in Ptuj was built in two periods: the original walls were made of pebbles, while the extension of a later period was made of brick.

Mithras rock-birth of Mithraeum III, Ptuj

Cautes and Cautopates attend the birth of Mithras from the rock in the Petrogenia of the third Mithraeum of Ptuj.

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Altar with Sol from Ptuj

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