Cautes and Cautopates of Friedberg
Cautes and Cautopates of Friedberg
Carole Raddato
TNMM 593 ↔ CIMRM 1055 & 1056
Two reliefs in greyish sandstone, found in the south corner of the sanctuary. They probably stood at the entrance against the podia. Darmstadt, Museum. Dr. W. Jorns informs me that the numbers 1054-1055 seem to have got lost.
1) Cautes in Oriental dress and cross-legged with upraised torch (H. 0.37 Br. 0.15 D. 0.09). Hands, base with feet and part of the legs are lost.
2) Standing Cautopates (H. 0.49 Br. 0.145 D.0.085) in Oriental dress and cross-legged. With both hands he holds the torch downwards. In the bottom border an inscription:
CIMRM 1056
L.H.0.01-0.02.
D(eo) I(nvicto) M(ithrae) / Cautopati
Main inscription
References
Ph. Dieffenbach in AHGA VI, 1851,250 and fig. 1; Goldmann, 290 and Pl. I, 2; de Ring, Cautopates; MMM II 357 No. 248d and fig. 233/4; Esp. Rec. Germ., 57f No. 84. CIL XIII 7396; MMM II No. 442.
- Vermaseren, Maarten Jozef (1956) Corpus Inscriptionum et Monumentorum Religionis Mithriacae
