Monumentum
Cautes and Cautopates of Ostia found in 1939
This marble of Cautes was found together with his partner Cautopates in Ostia in 1939.
The New Mithraeum
19 Oct 2023
TNMM 657 ↔ CIMRM 296 & 297
Marble statue (H. 0.22), found in 1939 together with No 297 [below] between the Semita dei Cippi and the Via della Fortuna Annonaria. Ostia, Antiquarium.
Standing Cautes with upraised torch. Head, the greater parts of the arms and legs, the upper part of the torch have got lost. He is cross-legged and dressed in tunica manicata and cloak.
CIMRM 297
Marble statue (H. 0.19). Ostia, Antiquarium.
Standing Cautopates in the same style. Head, greater parts of legs have got lost.
References
Becatti, Mitrei Ostia, 129 No. 2 and Pl. XXXVII, 4. and No. 3 and PI. XXXVII, 6.
- Vermaseren, Maarten Jozef (1956) Corpus Inscriptionum et Monumentorum Religionis Mithriacae
