Cautopates from Casa del Mitreo of Mérida
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Standing youth (torchbearer or Mithras himself), dressed in a tunic with splendid vaults, leans against apiece of rock, on which a dolphin with upraised tail is represented. A wide cloak, draped over his l. arm, hangs down at the back. A small remnant proves, that he wore a Phrygian cap. On his feet he wears laced boots. Head, arms and r. calf are lost.
On the base an inscr. :
CIMRM 774
Invicto sacrum C. Curius Avitus / Acci(o) Hedychro pa(tre).Brothers
Data
- Location
Casa del Mitreo de Mérida, Emerita Augusta, Lusitania (Hispania) Mérida (Spain) - Current location
Museo Nacional de Arte Romano [581] Mérida (Spain) - Type
- Labels
- Dimensions H. 155 W. D. cm
- Dating 2nd-3rd century
- Material Marble (white)
- Canonical URI
mithraeum.eu/monument/242
- CIMRM 773, 774
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