Monumentum
Altar of Carnuntum by the Jovians and Herculians
This monument bears an inscription and the representation of Cautes and Cautopates on the sides.
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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.
Data
- Location
Mithraeum of Carnuntum III, Carnuntum, Pannonia superior (Pannonia) Petronell-Carnuntum (Austria) - Current location
Museum Carnuntinum Bad Deutsch-Altenburg (Austria) - Type
- Labels
- Dimensions H. 1.50 W. 0.6 D. 0.65 cm
- Dating 307
- Discovery date 1894
- Canonical URI
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- CIMRM 1697, 1698
- CIL III 4413
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