Monumentum
Cautes with raised torch from Mithraeum II, Ptuj
Right portion of a marble relief from Mithraeum II at Ptuj, ancient Poetovio, preserving Cautes holding the upraised torch with both hands; not cross-legged; head, feet, right hand, and torch top are lost.
The New Mithraeum
27 May 2026
TNMM 1608 ↔ CIMRM 1518
R. part of a marble relief (H. 0.25 Br. 0.10–0.17 D. 0.10). Inv. No. 177.
Unpublished.
Cautes is holding the torch upwards with both hands. Not cross-legged. His head, feet, r.h. and the upper part of the torch are lost.
References
- Vermaseren, Maarten Jozef (1956) Corpus Inscriptionum et Monumentorum Religionis Mithriacae