Monumentum
Cautopates from Casa del Mitreo of Mérida
The sculpture of the solar god is signed by its author, Demetrios.
The New Mithraeum
22 Jan 2021
Updated on 29 Jan 2022
Cautopates of Mérida
The New Mithraeum / Olivier-Antoine Reÿnès (CC BY-SA)
Inscription of the Cautopates of Mérida
The New Mithraeum / Olivier-Antoine Reÿnès (CC BY-SA)
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White marble statue (H. 1.55), found in 1913. Mus. Merida, Inv. No. 581.
Standing youth (torchbearer or Mithras himself), dressed in a tunic with splendid vaults, leans against apiece of rock, on which a dolphin with upraised tail is represented. A wide cloak, draped over his l. arm, hangs down at the back. A small remnant proves, that he wore a Phrygian cap. On his feet he wears laced boots. Head, arms and r. calf are lost.
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Standing youth (torchbearer or Mithras himself), dressed in a tunic with splendid vaults, leans against apiece of rock, on which a dolphin with upraised tail is represented. A wide cloak, draped over his l. arm, hangs down at the back. A small remnant proves, that he wore a Phrygian cap. On his feet he wears laced boots. Head, arms and r. calf are lost.
On the base an inscr. :