CIMRM 2122-2123 - Statue of Cautes. Sarmizegetusa, Romania.

From: Szabo Csaba, Lucrare in Licenta, 2010:

Nr.: 22. T.: sculptura, M.: calcar, D.: h.- 89 cm, L.- 33 cm, g.- 18 cm. Desc.: Ulpia Traiana Sarmizegetusa. Cont.: 1882-1883, în mithraeum. Nr. Inv.: ? Inscr.: v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) m(erito). Descr.: statuia lui Cautes. Personajul are vestimentatia orientala si piciori incrutisate. Faclia era in mana dreapta, acum lipseste. In mana stanga tine capul unui taur. Fig.:XVII. Bibl.: Kiraly P.(1886), op.cit., pp. 26-27., nr. 81. CIMRM. 2122-23, CIL III. 7922.

Notes.

The Sarmizegetusa Mithraeum is CIMRM 2027. See also CIMRM 2120 for the matching statue of Cautopates from the same location.

CIMRM entry

2122. Statue in limestone (H. 0.89 with base; Br. 0.33 D. 0.18). Studniczka, 260 No. 1 and PI. V; Kiraly, 26f No. 81 and PI. VII, 2; MMM II 284 No. 140 and fig. 130b; RRS Ill, 139, 1; Floca in ED 1935, 219 fig. 4. See fig. 575. Standing Cautes in Oriental dress and cross-legged. The r.h. with the torch is broken off; he holds a bull's head in his l.h. Cautes' head is lost. In the base an inscription: 2123. CIL III S. 7922; MMM II No. 259b. v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) m(erito).