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Monumentum

Torchbearer head from Stein am Rhein

Life-sized sandstone head with long curly hair and Phrygian cap, found at the foot of the Hohenklingen near Stein am Rhein, Raetia; probably belonging to a statue of Cautes or Cautopates.
 
The New Mithraeum
28 May 2026

TNMM 2278 ↔ CIMRM 1399

Head in sandstone, found at the foot of the Hohenklingen near Stein a/Rh. Constanz, Museum Rosgarten.

MMM II 506 No. 239ter and fig. 456.

Head of natural size. Long curly hair, Phrygian cap. Probably a torchbearer.

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