Monumentum
Altar of Carnuntum by the Jovians and Herculians
This monument bears an inscription and the representation of Cautes and Cautopates on the sides.
Altar of Carnuntum
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Left side, altar of Carnuntum
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Right side, altar of Carnuntum
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Altar (H. 1.50 Br. 0.60-0.87 D. 0.385-0.65) the inscription of which was copied for the first time by Pietro de Lama in 1795. Formerly in Graf Traun's Castle, now in the Museum Carnuntinum.
The back of the altar is rough; its front bears the inscription No. 1698. On the left side Cautes standing, not cross-legged, with an upraised torch and with three ears in his l.h. On the other side Cautopates with torch downwards. In the top a hole and on the top of the front four small holes.
Hormayr, Wien, No. 229; Labus, Ara Hainsb., 9; Arneth, Meilensteine, No.
The back of the altar is rough; its front bears the inscription No. 1698. On the left side Cautes standing, not cross-legged, with an upraised torch and with three ears in his l.h. On the other side Cautopates with torch downwards. In the top a hole and on the top of the front four small holes.