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Monumentum

Marble statue of Cautopates with cock from S. Lorenzo in Damaso, Rome

Marble statue of Cautopates in Eastern attire, cross-legged, leaning against a trunk and rocky stone with a cock beside his left foot, from the Mithraeum of S. Lorenzo in Damaso; the greater part of his arms and torch are lost.

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Updated on May 2026

Marble statue (H. 0.595).Nogara-Magi, 239 and Pl. XV, 7. See fig. 118.On a base Cautopates in Eastern attire, cross-legged. He is leaning against a trunk and a rocky stone. Beside his l. foot a cock. The greater part of his arms and his torch have got lost.

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