Monumentum

Cautes with an axe

The Cautes of Sidon who wields an axe also wears a piece of cloth on his left arm.
 
 
PublishedThe New Mithraeum
4 Jul 2009
Updated on 15 Apr 2022
 
 

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Near a tree-stump Cautes is standing in Eastern attire. In his r.h. he holds an ornamented double-axe; in his l.h. a torch, pointed upwards. Over his arm he carries a piece of cloth.

de Ridder, 65f No. 52 with PI. XXVI (see fig. 31).
 
 

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