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Monumentum

Cautopates from Jajce

Beheaded Cautopates in limestone found on the podium of the Jajce Mithraeum, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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The New Mithraeum

26 Oct 2023

Updated on May 2026

Statue in limestone (H. 0.55), found on the podium.

Cautopates walking to the r. and holding a torch with both hands. The head is lost.

Sergejevski 16 and fig. 5. See fig. 494.

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Anyone know what museum this piece lives in?

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