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    Monumentum

    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.

    TNMM204 – CIMRM 1593, 1594

    D(eo) S(oli) i(nvicto) M(ithrae) / pro sal(ute) officialium Apri prae/positi leg(ionum) V M(acedonicae) et XIII gem(inae) / Galli(enarum).
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    Monumentum

    Altar by Hermanio of Poetovio

    A certain Hermanio has been identified in the dedication of several monuments in different cities in Dacia and even in Rome.

    TNMM581

    Cauti // pro salute Fl(avi) / Hermadionis / et Aviti Syriac(i) / et filiorum / Felix libert(us)
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    Monumentum

    Lion-headed figure of Mérida

    The lion-headed figure, Aion, from Mérida, wears oriental knickers fastened at the waist by a cinch strap.

    TNMM241 – CIMRM 776

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    Monumentum

    Mithras taurophorus of Ptuj

    The sculpture of Mithras carrying the bull includes an inscription on its base.

    TNMM316 – CIMRM 1494, 1495

    Transitu / C(aius) Caecina / Calpurnius / temp(lum) redemi(t) et restitu(it).
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    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.

    TNMM413 – CIMRM 1496, 1497

    Invict(o) Mithrae / et Transitu dei / Theodorus p(ublici) p(ortorii) / scrut(ator) stat(ionis) Poet(ovionensis) / ex visu.
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    Mithraeum

    Mithraeum II of Ptuj

    Mithraeum II was found at Ptuj at a distance of 20 m south of the Mithraeum I in 1901.

    TNMM187 – CIMRM 1509

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    Mithraeum

    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.

    TNMM60 – CIMRM 1578

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    Mithraeum

    Mithraeum V of Ptuj

    Part of the finds from the fifth Mithraeum of Ptuj is kept in the Hotel Mitra in the modern city.

    TNMM565

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    Monumentum

    Tauroctony on altar of Ptuj

    Remarkable fragmentary sculpture of Mithras slaying the bull on an inscribed altar found in Mithraeum III at Ptuj.

    TNMM564 – CIMRM 1589, 1590

    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.
  • Syndexios

    Ulpius Sabinus

    Legionary soldier of Legio I Adiutrix barracked in Brigetio.
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    Monumentum

    Tauroctony relief of Carnuntum

    This relief found at Carnuntum represents Mithras slaughtering the bull, without the scorpion, in the sacred cave.

    TNMM523

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    Monumentum

    Altar of Mérida from Quintio

    This altar, which has now disappeared, was dedicated by the slave Quintio for the health of a certain Coutius Lupus.

    TNMM520 – CIMRM 794

    Inuicto Deo / Quintio Flaui / Baetici Conim/brig(ensis) ser(uus) / pro sa(lute) Coutii Lupi
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    Mithraeum

    Mithraeum of Fertőrákos

    The temple of Mithras in Fertorakos was constructed by soldiers from the Carnuntum legion at the beginning of the 3rd century AD.

    TNMM36

  • Syndexios

    Prudentus

    Servus of a certain Primus, Prudentus offered a sculpture of Mithras rock-birth in Poetovio.
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    Monumentum

    Altar of Carnuntum by Sacidius Barbarus

    This altar bears the oldest known Latin inscription to the god Mithras, written Mitrhe.

    TNMM503 – CIMRM 1718

    Invicto Mitrhe / C. Sacidius Ba/rbarus [c(enturio)] leg(ionis) / XV Apol[linar(is)] / ex voto ....
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    Monumentum

    Altar of Libella, Budapest

    The dedicant of this altar to the god Arimanius was probably a slave who held the grade of Leo.

    TNMM403 – CIMRM 1773

    Deo Arima/nio Libel/la leo / fratribus / voto dic(avit).
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    Monumentum

    Incriptions to the gods of East and West

    These two inscriptions by a certain Titus Martialius Candidus are dedicated to Cautes and Cautopates.

    TNMM496 – CIMRM 1214

    D(eo) Or(ienti) / T(itus) Mar/tial(i)us / Candi/dus v(otum) s(olvit) / l(ibens) l(aetus) m(erito). D(eo) Oc(cidenti) / [T(itus)] Mar/[ti]al(i)us / Candi/dus v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) l(aetus) m(eri…
  • Syndexios

    Titus Flavius Viator

    Has dedicated the main cult relief of a temple in Carnuntum.
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    Monumentum

    Mithras rock-born from Ptuj

    The sculpture includes a serpent climbing the rock from which Mithras is born.

    TNMM186 – CIMRM 1492, 1493

    Naturae dei / Prudens Primi / Antoni Rufi p(ublici) p(ortorii) / vil(ici) vic(arius).
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    Monumentum

    Inscription by Propinquos of Carnuntum

    On this slab, Gaius Iulius Propinquos indicates that he made a wall of the Mithraeum at his own expense.

    TNMM493 – CIMRM 1693

    C(aius) Iul(ius) Propin/quos (sic) pariete(m) / ex voto / impensa sua.
 
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