Cautes from Boppard

A statue of Cautes was discovered at Bodobrica (modern Boppard, Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis, Germany) between 1939 and 1941, within the area of the late Roman fortification. The fort itself is dated to the 4th century, though it remains possible that the statue belongs to an earlier phase of the settlement. The presence of Mithraic worship in the western provinces during Late Antiquity makes such a chronological overlap plausible, even if it cannot be demonstrated with certainty.The figure represents Cautes standing before a tree or rock, both motifs well established within Mithraic symbolism…