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The New Mithraeum Database

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Marble basin from Mithraeum II, Ptuj

Small circular marble basin from Mithraeum II at Ptuj, ancient Poetovio, probably used for libations or purification within the sanctuary.

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Smiling Mithras head from Mithraeum II, Ptuj

Small marble head from Mithraeum II at Ptuj, ancient Poetovio, depicting a smiling Mithras in Phrygian cap with a profiled reverse — one of the most expressive Mithraic heads from the Danubian provinces.

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Nutrices relief from Mithraeum II, Ptuj

Small marble relief fragment from Mithraeum II at Ptuj, ancient Poetovio, preserving the central scene of the Nutrices — nursing goddesses — a rare motif in a Mithraic context.

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Woman's head with wreath from Mithraeum II, Ptuj

Fragment of a marble relief from Mithraeum II at Ptuj, ancient Poetovio, preserving a woman's head adorned with a wreath; probably a secondary deity from the sanctuary's sculptural programme.

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Marble plate with vine ornament from Mithraeum II, Ptuj

Upper portion of a marble plate from Mithraeum II at Ptuj, ancient Poetovio, decorated with a central stem flanked by leaf motifs and a small twig — a purely decorative element from the sanctuary.

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Sacred repast fragment from Mithraeum II, Ptuj

Marble relief fragment from Mithraeum II at Ptuj, ancient Poetovio, depicting a person in Oriental dress with outstretched right arm holding a small fruit basket in his left hand — probably a fragment of the sacred repast scene.

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Winged bull torso from Mithraeum II, Ptuj

Marble torso from Mithraeum II at Ptuj, ancient Poetovio, probably representing a winged, reclining bull with two vertical attachment ligaments on the reverse.

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Sol's chariot fragments from Mithraeum II, Ptuj

Marble statuette fragments from Mithraeum II at Ptuj, ancient Poetovio, preserving the torsos and partial bodies of Sol's horses together with a two-wheeled car — a rare three-dimensional representation of this scene.

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Inscription of Titus Flavius Restutus from Mithraeum II, Ptuj

Fragmentary inscription from Mithraeum II at Ptuj, ancient Poetovio, recording a dedication to Deo invicto Mithrae by Titus Flavius Restutus, IIIIvir Augustalis of the Colonia Poetovionis.

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Marble lion with swine's head from Mithraeum II, Ptuj

Marble lion from Mithraeum II at Ptuj, ancient Poetovio, holding a swine's head under its left fore-leg — a sacrificial animal pairing associated with the Mithraic lion grade.

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Marble water-basin from Mithraeum II, Ptuj

Large marble water-basin on a column from Mithraeum II at Ptuj, ancient Poetovio, decorated with a central rosette; it probably stood near the entrance of the sanctuary.

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Circular lion head from Mithraeum II, Ptuj

Circular white marble fragment from Mithraeum II at Ptuj, ancient Poetovio, depicting a lion's head with leaves below and a small globe above.

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Bull's hindquarters fragment from Mithraeum II, Ptuj

Marble relief fragment from Mithraeum II at Ptuj, ancient Poetovio, preserving the hindmost part of the bull and the right leg of Mithras with the scorpion in its usual position.

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Torchbearer torso fragment from Mithraeum II, Ptuj

Small marble relief fragment from Mithraeum II at Ptuj, ancient Poetovio, preserving the middle portion of a torchbearer.

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Primitive torchbearer fragment from Mithraeum II, Ptuj

Left portion of a primitive marble relief from Mithraeum II at Ptuj, ancient Poetovio, preserving the upper part of a figure in Oriental dress holding a downward torch and the bust of Sol in the upper corner.

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Tauroctony relief with raven from Mithraeum II, Ptuj

White marble tauroctony relief from Mithraeum II at Ptuj, ancient Poetovio, depicting Mithras in Oriental dress killing the bull with a girdle and the raven perched on the grotto's border.

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Tauroctony relief with double-belted bull from Mithraeum II, Ptuj

Marble tauroctony relief fragment from Mithraeum II at Ptuj, ancient Poetovio, preserving the central scene with the leaping dog, serpent, and scorpion; the bull's body is encircled by two girdles.

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Bronze raven on dagger from Mithraeum I, Ptuj

Small bronze raven perched on a dagger from Mithraeum I at Ptuj, ancient Poetovio — a Mithraic grade symbol representing the corax, the lowest of the seven Mithraic initiation grades.

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Inscription of Iucundus dispensator from Sisak

Inscription from the area of the castellum at Sisak, ancient Siscia, recording that Iucundus, imperial dispensator of Pannonia Superior, built a portico and an aparatorium for Deo invicto Mithrae ex voto.

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Weathered tauroctony relief from Ruše

Small marble tauroctony relief from Ruše, Noricum, badly weathered, depicting the bull-slaying in a grotto-like niche with cross-legged torchbearers on bases.

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