Monumentum
Inscription with Cautes and Cautopates of Steklen
An unusual feature of this very ancient relief is that Cautopates carries a cockerel upside down, while Cautes carries it right-side up.
The New Mithraeum
11 Feb 2022
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The front has an inscription. On the r. side standing Cautes with upraised torch in his r.h. With his other hand he holds a cock downwards by its feet. On the l. side standing Cautopates who holds a cock upwards with his l.h.
CIMRM 2269
L.H. 0.025-0.035.
. . . . / leo / Melichrisus / P. Caragoni / Philopalaestri.
Detschew in JOAI 1939 (Beibl.), 130 No. 7 and fig. 52. See fig. 631.