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Cautes and Cautopates from Mithraeum III of Heddernheim

The two companions of Mithras carry a torch and a shepherd's staff at the third Mithraeum in Frankfurt-Heddernheim, formerly Nida.

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17 Jan 2022

Cautes and Cautopates from Nida
Musée Royale de Mariemont

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This statue [Cautes], originally acephalous, came to light in 1887 in Mithraeum Ill at Nida, in front of the tauroctony relief. Destroyed during an air raid in March 1944, after the war the sculpture was restored from the preserved fragments. The pillar and socle are modern.

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