Torchbearer of Porta Portese
Cautes of Porta Portese
Cautes of Porta Portese
CIMRM 506
Vermaseren's Corpus
TNMM 132 ↔ CIMRM 506
White marble statue (H. 1.35 Br. 0.39), found together with the following No. in 1785 TNMM 718 "5 Miglien vor Porta Portese in einer Grotte nah am Tiber" (Zoega). Then bought by Th. Jenkins, who presented it to Count Fries at Vienne; nowadays London, Br. M.
Torchbearer, restored as a Paris, in Eastern attire. He raises his torch; not crosslegged. Restorations: r. arm from the elbow down; r.h. with apple; l.h. with hook and details of hair and attire.
Marble, Roman artwork, 2nd–3rd century CE. From a Mithraeum outside Porta Portese in Rome, 1785.
References
Guattani, Mon. ant., 37, Pl. III; Ciarac, Mus. Sculpt., V, 69 and Pl. 827 No. 2083; Zoega, Bass., II, 15 No. 4; Welcker in Zoega, Abh., 94 n.2; MMM II 209 No. 27 and Pl. II; Smith, Cat. Br. Mus., 89 No. 1722; HGR 380. See fig. 147.
- Vermaseren, Maarten Jozef (1956) Corpus Inscriptionum et Monumentorum Religionis Mithriacae
Comments
(G1/od/nr186)