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Monumentum

CIMRM 1006

Sandstone base from Vetera (Xanten), Germania Inferior, with a relief of Cautes in Oriental dress holding a long burning torch.
 
The New Mithraeum
24 Jan 2026

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Base in sandstone (H. 0.435 Br. 0.18 D. 0.082) in three fragments.Steiner, 75 No. 2 (437) and fig. 6; Lehner, SA II Taf. X, 3; Sü. 227; Koepp, IV, Taf. XXXVI, 4; Esp. Rec. Gaule IX, 20 No. 6582.Standing Cautes in Oriental dress and cross-legged on the front. He lifts a long burning torch in both hands. On the right side there is an unclear ornament, probably an upturned vase with flowers.According to Steiner this decoration belongs to the period in which the base served as an altar.
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