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Altar to the god of the West from Stockstadt

These two inscriptions by a certain Titus Martialius Candidus are dedicated to Cautes and Cautopates.
Altar to the god of the West from Stockstadt.
Altar to the god of the West from Stockstadt.Ortolf Harl 2005.
 
The New Mithraeum
8 Feb 2022
Updated on May 2026

TNMM 496 ↔ CIMRM 1214

Altar in bright red sandstone (H. 0.57 Br. 0.20 D. 0.12), found near the south podium at a distance of 3 mtrs from the niche. It is decorated with two rosettes and bears the following inscription.

L.H. 0.037-0.098.

D(eo) C(auto)pati / T(itus) Mar/tial(i)us / Candi/dus v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) l(aetus) m(erito).

Two inscriptions on two sandstone altars discovered in 1909 in the central aisle of the speleum of the second mithreaum of Stockstadt, in the province of Germania superior. The eastern god is Cautes, assimilated to the rising sun, and the western god is Cautopates, assimilated to the setting sun. T. Martialius Candidus also deposited a dedication to the goddess Virtus (= Mâ-Bellone?), again in Stockstadt (CCCA VI, 56).

CIL XIII 11791a

D[eo] Oc[cidenti] / [T[itus]] Mar/[ti]al[i]us / Candi/dus v[otum] s[olvit] l[ibens] l[aetus] m[erito].
To the god of the West, Titus Martialius Candidus has fulfilled his vow willingly, joyfully and justly.

References

CIL XIII 11791a; Schleiermacher, 52 No. 6.

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Altar to the god of the East from Stockstadt

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