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Limestone relief of Cautopates from Bologna

Limestone low-relief depicting Cautopates standing cross-legged in eastern dress, accompanied by a bull, flowing water from an overturned jar and a crescent from Bolognia.

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26 Jan 2026

Low-relief in limestone (H. 0.37 Br. 0.27). Exact find-spot unknown. Bologna, Museo Civico, Room VI (Inv. CoH. Palagi No. 781). MMM II 26 If No. 107 with fig. 100; Ducati, Mus. Bal., 68. See fig. 196. Standing Cautopates in Eastern attire; cross-legged. At his feet a lying bull. Behind him a bush with long, pointed leafs. Before him an upturned jar, from which water abundantly flows. In the I. upper corner a crescent.

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