The New Mithraeum Database

In the Tauroctony of Hermopolis, Cautes and Cautopates are placed over two columns at each side of the sacrifice.

TNMM301 – CIMRM 91

This monument bears an inscription and the representation of Cautes and Cautopates on the sides.

TNMM524 – CIMRM 1697, 1698

In this relief of Mithras as bull slayer, recorded in 1562 in the collection of A. Magarozzi, Cautes and Cautopates have been replaced by trees still bearing the torches.

TNMM125 – CIMRM 335

In this relief found in the Sárkeszi Mithraeum, Cautes and Cautopates hold an Amazon shield.

TNMM767

The Trier Mithräum was discovered during work on the city’s new fire station. The findings included a Cautes limestone relief.

TNMM587

The base of these sandstone reliefs bears an inscription referring to a certain Marcellius Marianus.

TNMM730 – CIMRM 968, 969

The Mithraic vase from Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium in Germany includes Sol-Mithras between Cautes and Cautopates, as well as a serpent, a lion and seven stars.

TNMM378 – CIMRM 1020

There are no further details about this Mithraic statue from Transylvania, the historical region of central Romania.

TNMM705 – CIMRM 2185

The altar of the Mithraeum of San Clemente bears the Tauroctony on the front, Cautes and Cautopates on the right and left sides and a serpent on the back.

TNMM469 – CIMRM 339, 340

This enigmatic fresco on top of the main tauroctony shows Mithras killing the bull, accompanied by Cautes and Cautopates, surrounded by burning altars and cypress trees.

TNMM422 – CIMRM 45, 46