Monumentum
Cautopates relief from Debeli-Lak
Marble relief fragment from near Debeli-Lak, Thracia, depicting Cautopates in Oriental dress holding the torch downwards with both hands, not cross-legged; head, shoulder, and feet are lost.
The New Mithraeum
28 May 2026
TNMM 2532 ↔ CIMRM 2317
Fragment of a marble relief (H. 0.23 Br. 0.09–0.18 D. 0.03), found in the ruins of a Roman camp near Debeli-Lak (distr. Radomir). Sofia, National Museum.
MMM II 488 No. 123bis and fig. 422.
Cautopates in Oriental dress holding the torch downwards with both hands. He is not cross-legged. Head, shoulders and part of his cloak are lost. Under his feet part of an inscription:
References
- Vermaseren, Maarten Jozef (1956) Corpus Inscriptionum et Monumentorum Religionis Mithriacae
