Monumentum
Statue of Cautes dedicated by Hymnus
Marble statuette of the torchbearer Cautes bearing the votive inscription HYMNUS INBICTO, probably produced during the second or third century CE and preserved in an old European collection.
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Marble statue (H. 0.65), found at Torrita near Nazzano in the beginning of the 19th century. Formerly in Trasi’s house at Torrita, now at Rome (Tomassetti) but I do not know where.Tomasetti in Arch. Storia Patria VII, 1884, 420 n. 1; Campagna Romana, III, 328f; MMM II 260 No. 105; Taylor, Cults Etr., 58.Standing torchbearer in Phrygian cap, tunica, cloak and anaxyrides. In the l.h. (broken off) a torch; the r.h. is missing. On the base beside the r. foot an inscription:CIL XI 3865; MMM II No. 162.Hymnu/s inbic/to.This marble statue represents Cautes, one of the two torchbearers who accompany…
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