The New Mithraeum
5 Dec 2023
Updated on May 2026
Statue in Greek marble (H. 1.02), found in niche h.
Ferrua Mitreo Prisca 9ff and fig. 5.
Cautes, dressed in a short tunic which does not cover the lower part part of his body; cross-legged. He wears sandals. He leans against a tree-trunk, on which a cock has been represented. Head, and parts of his arms are broken off. In the thighs numerous nail-holes, so the lower part of the body may have been covered with an anaxyrides in stucco. The statue originally was a Mercury and was transformed later on into a Cautes. Traces of red painting.
CIMRM II 477
The statue has now been restored.
Ferrua Mitreo Prisca 9ff and fig. 5.
Cautes, dressed in a short tunic which does not cover the lower part part of his body; cross-legged. He wears sandals. He leans against a tree-trunk, on which a cock has been represented. Head, and parts of his arms are broken off. In the thighs numerous nail-holes, so the lower part of the body may have been covered with an anaxyrides in stucco. The statue originally was a Mercury and was transformed later on into a Cautes. Traces of red painting.
CIMRM II 477
The statue has now been restored.
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