Monumentum
Marble statues of Cautes and Cautopates from Rusicade
Two marble statues of Cautes and Cautopates discovered in the Mithraeum of Rusicade, accompanied by symbolic animals including a lion, scorpion, dolphin and bird.
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The New Mithraeum
20 Dec 2024
Updated on May 2026
TNMM 1373 ↔ CIMRM 123 & 124
Two marble statues (H. 0.63; 0.60).
Two torchbearers in Eastern attire; cross-legged.
Next to the feet of Cautes with upraised torch a lion is seen on a platform; on the other side a scorpion has been represented in relief. Lost: the r. arm and the upper part of the torch of Cautes; the fore-legs of the lion.
Next to the feet of Cautopates, pointing his torch downwards, a dolphin and a bird. The r. elbow is lost.
References
Delamare, Expl. Alg., PI. 16, Nos 3-8; Bertrand, Cat. PhilippeviUe, I, 52f; MMM II No. 284c with figs. 331, 332; RRS II 479, 2; 3; Gsell-Bertrand, Cat. Philippeville, 46f and PI. VI, 2; 3. See figs. 38-39.
- Vermaseren, Maarten Jozef (1956) Corpus Inscriptionum et Monumentorum Religionis Mithriacae
