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Altar with Phrygian caps from Mithraeum I, Carnuntum

Sandstone altar from Mithraeum I at Carnuntum, Pannonia Superior, decorated on each lateral face with a Phrygian cap upon a dagger — a distinctive Mithraic iconographic pairing — and bearing an inscription on the front.

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Altar with torchbearers from Mithraeum I, Carnuntum

Large sandstone altar from Mithraeum I at Carnuntum, Pannonia Superior, with Cautopates cross-legged carved on the left side and Cautes walking on the right, both holding their torches with two hands; the front bears an inscription.

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Rock-birth cone base from Mithraeum I, Carnuntum

Cone-shaped sandstone stone encircled by a serpent from Mithraeum I at Carnuntum, Pannonia Superior, probably forming the base of a rock-birth group.

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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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Cautopates relief from Mithraeum I, Carnuntum

Sandstone haut-relief from Mithraeum I at Carnuntum, Pannonia Superior, depicting Cautopates cross-legged; head, feet, and left arm are lost; possibly belonging to the great tauroctony relief.

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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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Cautopates with downward torch from Mithraeum III, Ptuj

Marble relief fragment from Mithraeum III at Ptuj, ancient Poetovio, preserving Cautopates with the torch pointing downward; head and feet are lost.

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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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Tauroctony relief with Cautes and Cautopates from Mithraeum III, Ptuj

Damaged marble relief from Mithraeum III at Ptuj, ancient Poetovio, preserving Cautopates with torch downward on the right and the outline of a standing Cautes on the other side, with a fragmentary inscription in the lower border.

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Altar of Atti- and Saturni- from Mithraeum III, Ptuj

Corner of a marble altar from Mithraeum III at Ptuj, ancient Poetovio, dedicated to Deo Soli invicto Mithrae for the welfare of persons whose names begin Atti- and Saturni-; the rest, including the dedicant, is lost.

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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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Sol and torchbearer corner with horizontal border from Mithraeum II, Ptuj

Left upper corner of a marble relief from Mithraeum II at Ptuj, ancient Poetovio, with the dressed bust of Sol in radiate crown above a horizontal rim, beneath which the head of a torchbearer, probably Cautopates.

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Cautopates relief fragment from Mithraeum II, Ptuj

Marble relief fragment from Mithraeum II at Ptuj, ancient Poetovio, preserving the body of Cautopates; the upper head and both feet are lost.

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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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Draped arm and leg fragments from Mithraeum II, Ptuj

Marble fragments of draped arms and legs from Mithraeum II at Ptuj, ancient Poetovio, belonging to unidentified cult statues within the sanctuary.

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Marble hand with torch from Mithraeum II, Ptuj

Marble left hand holding a torch from Mithraeum II at Ptuj, ancient Poetovio, belonging to a statue of Cautes.

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Marble hand with dagger from Mithraeum II, Ptuj

Marble right hand holding a dagger from Mithraeum II at Ptuj, ancient Poetovio — a fragment of a tauroctony statue or relief.

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Marble hand with patera from Mithraeum II, Ptuj

Marble right hand holding a patera from Mithraeum II at Ptuj, ancient Poetovio — a fragment of a cult statue performing a libation.

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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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