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Minor finds from Mithraeum III, Carnuntum

Minor finds from Mithraeum III at Carnuntum, Pannonia Superior, including lamps, bricks, pottery, and serpent-vase fragments; a coin of Macrinus (AD 217) from the entrance may provide a terminus, and the sanctuary is attested as restored in AD 307.

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Cautopates statue from Mithraeum III, Carnuntum

Two sandstone fragments from Mithraeum III at Carnuntum, Pannonia Superior, comprising a base with one leg and a downward torch, and a Phrygian-capped head of Cautopates; probably stood at the beginning of the benches alongside the Cautes statue.

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Altar of Magnius Heracla from Mithraeum III, Carnuntum

Inscription from Mithraeum III at Carnuntum, Pannonia Superior, recording a dedication pro salute Augusti to Deo invicto by Magnius Heracla, a Roman citizen of peregrinian origin as indicated by his cognomen.

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Altar of Titus Flavius Viator from Mithraeum III, Carnuntum

Inscription from Mithraeum III at Carnuntum, Pannonia Superior, recording that Titus Flavius Viator built or founded something for Deo invicto; the verb condi fecit is interpreted as referring to the construction of the sanctuary.

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Minor finds from Mithraeum I, Carnuntum

Minor finds from Mithraeum I at Carnuntum, Pannonia Superior, comprising legionary brick stamps, burnt coal and wood, ash with ox, sheep, and goat bones, and fragments of serpent-vases; the coin evidence points to a terminus ante quem in the early third century…

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Altar of Iulius Pacatus from Mithraeum I, Carnuntum

Altar from Mithraeum I at Carnuntum, Pannonia Superior, dedicated to Deo invicto by Iulius Pacatus ex voto, with Marcus Valerius serving as sacerdos for the second time — one of the few attestations of the Mithraic title sacerdos from Pannonia.

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Lion with bull head and water outlet from Mithraeum I, Carnuntum

Sandstone statue from Mithraeum I at Carnuntum, Pannonia Superior, depicting a lying lion with a bull's head before its forefeet; a large opening at the back of the head communicated with a channel below, suggesting use as a cult water outlet.

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Tauroctony relief with raven on cloak from Stix-Neusiedl

White marble tauroctony relief from Stix-Neusiedl, Pannonia Superior, depicting Mithras killing the bull with the raven perched on the rim of the god's flying cloak — an unusual detail placing the raven on the cloak rather than on the grotto border…

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Mithraeum IV at Ptuj

Fourth Mithraic sanctuary discovered at Ptuj, ancient Poetovio, at Zgornji Breg in 1937; the sanctuary (c.14 × 7 m) is oriented west–east with the standard corridor and bench division, an altar before the cult niche, and a water-basin in the pronaos.

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Altar of Candidus from Mithraeum III, Ptuj

Marble altar fragment from Mithraeum III at Ptuj, ancient Poetovio, dedicated to Deo invicto Mithrae by a dedicant whose name is partially preserved as -us Candidus.

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Tauroctony relief with Cautopates from Mithraeum III, Ptuj

Marble tauroctony relief from Mithraeum III at Ptuj, ancient Poetovio, preserving Mithras killing the bull — head and most of the flying cloak lost — flanked by Cautopates holding the torch downward.

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Altar of Sextus Vibius Hermes with silver signum from Mithraeum III, Ptuj

Inscription from Mithraeum III at Ptuj, ancient Poetovio, recording that Sextus Vibius Hermes, Augustalis of the Colonia Ulpia Traiana Poetovionis, donated a silver signum with its base to Soli invicto Mithrae, with Lucius Vernasius Heraclida presiding as pater…

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Stele with silver plaque housing from Mithraeum III, Ptuj

Marble stele from Mithraeum III at Ptuj, ancient Poetovio, tapering towards the top and bearing a square hollow with five nail-holes designed to hold a small silver plaque — the plaque was removed, perhaps taken by the Mithraists themselves.

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Altar of the hereditatum tabularius from Mithraeum III, Ptuj

Inscription from Mithraeum III at Ptuj, ancient Poetovio, dedicated to Invicto Augusto sacrum by an imperial slave serving as hereditatum tabularius — an officer for death-duties — one of the rarer administrative titles attested in Mithraic epigraphy.

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Pedestal with votive hollow from Mithraeum III, Ptuj

Barbara-stone pedestal from Mithraeum III at Ptuj, ancient Poetovio, with a hollow and three attachment holes in the top indicating that a votive object was originally fixed to it.

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Cornice inscription elevating Sol, Cautes, and Cautopates from Mithraeum III, Ptuj

Three marble cornice fragments from Mithraeum III at Ptuj, ancient Poetovio, bearing an inscription recording that the monument was elevated in the manner of Sol, in honour of Cautes and Cautopates.

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Torchbearer head with cloak from Mithraeum III, Ptuj

Left marble relief fragment from Mithraeum III at Ptuj, ancient Poetovio, preserving the head of a torchbearer, probably Cautopates, beside remnants of Mithras's flying cloak.

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Raven fragment from Mithraeum II, Ptuj

Marble relief fragment from Mithraeum II at Ptuj, ancient Poetovio, preserving a raven as part of a tauroctony scene.

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Jupiter Gigantomachy fragment from Mithraeum II, Ptuj

Left upper corner of a marble relief from Mithraeum II at Ptuj, ancient Poetovio, depicting Jupiter with the thunderbolt in his raised right hand, identified as a scene from the Battle against the Giants.

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Standing woman over altar from Mithraeum II, Ptuj

Marble relief fragment from Mithraeum II at Ptuj, ancient Poetovio, depicting a standing woman holding her right hand above an altar and a palm branch in her left; the lower body and base are lost.

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