Cautes and Cautopates of Sarrebourg

The New Mithraeum

7 Nov 2023

Updated on May 2026

TNMM 730 ↔ CIMRM 968 & 969

Two reliefs in sandstone (H. 0.93-0.96 Br. 0.45 D. 0.18-0.15).

Both reliefs are broken in fragments and badly damaged. Two torchbearers in Eastern attire and cross-legged. Cautopates points his torch (broken) downwards. On the monument traces of fire. L. leg got lost. On the base an inscr. Cautes raises the torch, as is clear from the attitude of the arms.

CIMRM 969

ar / ... marli ... Marc/ellius Maria[nu]s de / suo posuit.

Main inscription

ar / ... marli ... Marc/ellius Maria[nu]s de / suo posuit.

[— ar / … marli …] Marcellius Marianus set [this] up at his own expense.

References

MMM II 516f and figs. 467-8; Fisenne, 146 Nos. 30-31; Esperandieu, No. 4564. CIL XIII 3450; MMM lINo. 491b.

Vermaseren, Maarten Jozef (1956) Corpus Inscriptionum et Monumentorum Religionis Mithriacae

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