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.
Cautopates of Steklen's altar
CIMRM via Tertullian.org
Inscription of Steklen's altar
CIMRM via Tertullian.org
Inscription of Steklen's altar
CIMRM via Tertullian.org
The New Mithraeum
11 Feb 2022
Updated on Feb 2023
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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.