Monuments tagged with cautes

This relief of Mithras killing the bull was dedicated by the bearer of the imperial standard of Legio XIII Gemina, Marcus Ulpius Linus.

TNMM636 – CIMRM 1955

From Romania

This medallion belongs to a specific category of rounded pieces found in other provinces of the Roman world.

TNMM430 – CIMRM 2187

From Romania

This tauroctony may have come from Hermopolis and its style suggests a Thraco-Danubian origin.

TNMM431 – CIMRM 105

From Egypt

Franz Cumont considers the bas relief of Osterburken 'the most remarkable of all the monuments of the cult of Mithras found up to now'.

TNMM176 – CIMRM 1292, 1293

From Germany

The relief of Mithras slaying the bull at Mauls in Gallia cisalpina is a paradigmatic example of the so-called Rhine-type Tauroctony.

TNMM476 – CIMRM 1400

From Italy

This marble relief from Alba Iulia contains numerous scenes from the myth of Mithras.

TNMM480 – CIMRM 1958, 1959

From Romania

This relief is so well-known that it has been reproduced in nearly every handbook of archaeology and of history of religions.

TNMM198 – CIMRM 1083

From Germany

At the entrance to the Mithraeum of the Seven Sferes, Cautopates holds the torch with both hands and Cautes holds the torch in his right hand and a cock in his left.

TNMM608 – CIMRM 243

From Italy

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

From Syria

This is the earliest sculpture of Mithras killing the bull known to date.

TNMM164 – CIMRM 593, 594

From Italy