Monumentum
Cautes torchbearer relief fragment from Ganaceto near Modena
A white marble relief fragment found in a house at Ganaceto near Modena in 1845, now in the Museo Lapidario in Modena, showing Cautes in Eastern attire and anaxyrides cross-legged, with a fragment of Mithras' flying cloak according to Cumont.
The New Mithraeum
Updated on May 2026
Fragment of a white marble relief, found in the house of Coppi Calzolaio at Ganaceto near Modena in 1845. Now in the Museo Lapidario, Modena.Cautes in Eastern attire and anaxyrides; cross-legged. According to Cumont a part of Mithras' flying cloak should be visible (fragment of Mithras tauroctone).
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