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Small Phrygian-capped head from Mithraeum II, Ptuj

Small marble head in Phrygian cap from Mithraeum II at Ptuj, ancient Poetovio; the hind part is lost.

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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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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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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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Terracotta tauroctony statuette from Mithraeum II, Ptuj

Terracotta statuette from Mithraeum II at Ptuj, ancient Poetovio, depicting Mithras as bull-slayer with yellow-painted garments; the piece was not recovered during the author's visit and may be lost.

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Fragmentary inscription of Titus V- from Mithraeum II, Ptuj

Fragmentary inscription from Mithraeum II at Ptuj, ancient Poetovio, preserving only the beginning of a name: Titus V-.

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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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Jupiter and Hercules relief from Mithraeum II, Ptuj

Marble relief from Mithraeum II at Ptuj, ancient Poetovio, depicting standing Jupiter with sceptre and thunderbolt beside standing Hercules with the Hesperides' fruit and club — a divine pair with Mithraic associations.

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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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Marble inscription fragment from Mithraeum II, Ptuj

Marble inscription fragment from Mithraeum II at Ptuj, ancient Poetovio, preserving only scattered letters with no legible text.

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Inscription fragment of Aulus Po- from Mithraeum II, Ptuj

Marble inscription fragment from Mithraeum II at Ptuj, ancient Poetovio, preserving only the beginning of a name: Aulus Po-.

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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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Temple dedication plate from Mithraeum II, Ptuj

Marble plate fragment from Mithraeum II at Ptuj, ancient Poetovio, recording a dedication to Deo invicto Mithrae for the welfare of the Emperors and the restoration or construction of a templum.

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Fragmentary inscription from Mithraeum II, Ptuj

Fragmentary inscription from Mithraeum II at Ptuj, ancient Poetovio, preserving only the end of a dedicant's name (-ciano) and the closing formula.

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Tauroctony forepart with Cautes from Mithraeum II, Ptuj

Foremost portion of a marble tauroctony relief from Mithraeum II at Ptuj, ancient Poetovio, preserving the bull's forepart, the serpent's head, the turning dog, and Cautes raising the torch with both hands.

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Altar of Ulpius veteranus from Mithraeum II, Ptuj

Inscription from Mithraeum II at Ptuj, ancient Poetovio, dedicated to Deo Soli invicto Mithrae by Ulpius, a veteran, for himself and his family.

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Tauroctony lower panel from Mithraeum II, Ptuj

Marble relief from Mithraeum II at Ptuj, ancient Poetovio, preserving the lower part of the tauroctony with a bull in full extension, the scorpion, and a serpent with upraised head, together with Cautopates behind the bull.

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Altar of Ulpius Lupus from Mithraeum II, Ptuj

Inscription from Mithraeum II at Ptuj, ancient Poetovio, dedicated to Deo Soli Mithrae by Ulpius Lupus for his own welfare.

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