CIMRM 1492-1493 - Mithras rock-born, surrounded by a serpent. Ptuj, Slovenia.

In the middle of the 2nd century AD, it was founded by administrators of the Illyrian customs station based in Poetovio. The Shrine is kept in situ – on the site where it was found. It contains several votive stones with inscriptions and reliefs showing myths and attributes related to Mithras, and various stages of worshippers' spiritual progression. In the central lowered part, a sculpture on the sacrificial altar represents Mithras' birth from a rock.

CIMRM entry

1492 Base with statue in white marble (H. 0.97 Br. 0.46 D. 0.31), found near 4. Inv. No. XXXXVI. Gurlitt in JOAI 1899, 92 and 95 No. 4 with fig.; MCC, 92 with fig.; Abramic, 166 No. 299 and fig. 117; All 1,136 No. 293. See fig. 379. Youthful, naked Mithras being born from the rock around which a serpent is coiling. The head of the god is lacking as well as the greater part of the dagger(r) and of the torch (l) he holds in his upraised hands. On the front of the base in a tabula ansata the following inscription: 1493 CIL III 1435429; ILS 4245; Dobo, No. 41. L.H. 0.03-0.025. Naturae dei / Prudens Primi / Antoni Rufi p(ublici) p(ortorii) / vil(ici) vic(arius) . naturae = birth.