Monumentum
Marble altar with Sol bust and torchbearers from the Mitreo delle Pareti Dipinte
Marble altar bearing a bust of Sol in radiate crown with Cautopates on the right and Cautes on the left, both cross-legged, from the Mitreo delle Pareti Dipinte at Ostia.
The New Mithraeum
Updated on May 2026
TNMM 928 ↔ CIMRM 267
Marble altar (H. 0.60, with base 1.40; Br. 0.45 D. 0.42).
Becatti, 61f and Pl. XI, 2.
In the backside of the altar is a rectangular hole (H. 0.27 Br. 0.20 D. 0.27), which is connected with the depression in the lower part of the cult-niche.
On the front the bust of Sol in radiate crown (greater part of the head damaged) in tunica. Next to his neck the lower border of a crescent. Both rays and crescent are pierced. On the r. side Cautopates (only parts of his legs and the r. hand with torch have been preserved); on the l. side Cautes (head lost); both cross-legged and in tunic with long sleeves.
References
- Vermaseren, Maarten Jozef (1956) Corpus Inscriptionum et Monumentorum Religionis Mithriacae
