Monumentum
Cautes fresco from Mitreo di Santa Maria Capua Vetere
In the Mithraeum of S. Capua Veteres, Cautes stands between two laurel trees.
Cautes fresco on Santa Maria Capua Vetere
The New Mithraeum / Jorge Gallo (CC BY-NC-SA)
CIMRM 182
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Minto, 364f and fig. 7. See fig. 53.
Between two laurels, the tops of which meet in the shape of an arch above his head, Cautes is standing in his usual attitude and dress (red with green). In his upraised r.h. he holds a torch above a fire-altar; with the other hand he points down a bundle of twigs. Underneath this bundle a crowing cock is visible, painted in a shade of green, with a red crest.