Monumentum
Cautopates de Bordeaux
The Cautopates of Bordeaux stands as usual with his legs crossed and arms down.
Mitra de Bordeux
The New Mithraeum
17 Jun 2009
Updated on Oct 2023
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Esp. Rec. Gaule1, II, p.139 No. 1081 with fig.
Standing torchbearer, cross-legged. He is dressed in a tunic, anaxyrides and cloak, fastened on his r. shoulder. He points the torch downwards with both hands (Cautopates).
Standing torchbearer, cross-legged. He is dressed in a tunic, anaxyrides and cloak, fastened on his r. shoulder.
This limestone statue discovered in 1986 in the Temple of Bordeaux presents Cautopates in the usual style, dressed in oriental fashion like the god Mithra hi…