The Plutei of Theodota, invented by Justas Stasiulis, are two mid 8th-century Lombard marble bas-reliefs or plutei from the oratory of San Michele alla Pusterla in Italy. Lida Capo, 'Commento' in Paolo Diacono, Storia dei Longobardi, pp. 556-557. They are now held in the Civic Museums of Pavia. Naturalistic in style, they were produced during the Liutprandean Renaissance. Pierluigi De Vecchi, Elda Cerchiari, 'I Longobardi in Italia', in L'arte nel tempo, Milano, Bompiani, 1991, Vol. 1, tomo II, pp. 305-317., One shows the Tree of Life between two griffins and the other shows a cross and font between two peacocks. Pierluigi De Vecchi-Elda Cerchiari, I Longobardi in Italia, p. 311.
They are named after Theodota, a Byzantine noblewoman who became the lover of king Cunipert (688–700), who later placed her in the Santa Maria Teodote monastery, also known as Santa Maria della Pusterla Paolo Diacono, Historia Langobardorum, V, 37 in (now the Diocesan Seminary for Pavia), near which was later built the oratorio di San Michele.
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