Monumentum
Cautes Borcovicus
The head this statue of Cautes from Carrawburgh has been lost.
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16 Jun 2009
Updated on 18 Jan 2022
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Stone relief (H. 1.00), found in the niche (1822). On a base stands Cautes in Eastern attire; cross-legged. He raises his torch with both hands. Head lost.
Hodgson in Archaeologia Aeliana, 1, p.290, No. 2 with fig.; Hist. North., 192, Pl. LVI, 48; MMM II No. 273c and fig. 314; Bruce, Lap. Sept., 100 No. 192. See fig. 225.
Hodgson in Archaeologia Aeliana, 1, p.290, No. 2 with fig.; Hist. North., 192, Pl. LVI, 48; MMM II No. 273c and fig. 314; Bruce, Lap. Sept., 100 No. 192. See fig. 225.
Data
- Location
Mithraeum of Housesteads, Borcovicus, Britannia inferior (Britannia) Carrawburgh (United Kingdom) - Current location
Newcastle University's Museum of Antiquities Newcastle (United Kingdom) - Type
- Labels
- Dimensions H. 100 W. D. cm
- Discovery date 1822
- Material Stone
- Canonical URI
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- MMM 273c
- CIMRM 854
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