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The New Mithraeum Database

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Altar of Flavius Iovinus from Mithraeum II, Ptuj

Inscription from Mithraeum II at Ptuj, ancient Poetovio, dedicated to Deo Soli invicto Mithrae for the welfare of Flavius Iovinus, who had vowed the gift after witnessing the birth of the god; dated to the consulship of Peregrinus and Aemilianus, AD 244.

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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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Bull and animals fragment from Mithraeum II, Ptuj

Fragment of a large marble relief from Mithraeum II at Ptuj, ancient Poetovio, preserving the forepart of the bull, the leaping dog, and the serpent approaching the wound.

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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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Second memorial inscription of Primitivos from Mithraeum I, Ptuj

Duplicate inscription from Mithraeum I at Ptuj, ancient Poetovio, set up by Primitivos in memory of Hyacinthus; a companion piece to no. 1501, suggesting that the two inscriptions flanked the cult niche.

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Altar of Venulus to Cautes from Mithraeum I, Ptuj

Inscription from Mithraeum I at Ptuj, ancient Poetovio, dedicated to Cautes sacrum by Venulus, slave of Aponius Ingenuus.

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Altar to Iuppiter and Sol invictus from Sisak

Inscription from Sisak, ancient Siscia, dedicated to Iovi optimo maximo, Soli invicto, and the Genius loci by Aurelius Antiocianus; the Mithraic character is uncertain.

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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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Tauroctony relief with long-necked bull from Ruše

Small marble tauroctony relief from Ruše, Noricum, depicting Mithras killing the bull in a grotto, notable for the unusually elongated neck of the bull; dog and serpent approach the wound, and the raven perches above.

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Imperial votive inscription from Virunum

Marble fragment from the Zollfeld at Virunum, Noricum, bearing a dedication to Deo invicto Mithrae for the welfare of the Emperor Antoninus Augustus.

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Altar of Iuventinus leo from Virunum

Inscription from Virunum, Noricum, dedicated to Deo Soli invicto by Iuventinus, who identifies himself with the Mithraic grade leo — one of the clearest grade attributions in the epigraphic record of Noricum.

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Inscription of Diadumenus from Virunum

White marble slab from the Zollfeld at Virunum, Noricum, dedicated to Deo invicto Mithrae by Diadumenus, arcar(ius) of the imperial dispensator Nicolaus for the kingdom of Noricum.

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Tauroctony relief from Virunum

Three Italian marble fragments from the Zollfeld at Virunum, Noricum, forming a tauroctony relief; the iconography is well preserved and the use of imported Italian marble reflects the high status of the dedicants.

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Cult objects from Schachadorf

Small finds from the Mithraeum at Schachadorf, Noricum, comprising white stucco fragments, an iron dagger, a knife, and faunal remains of chicken, sheep, and pig.

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