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Cautes and Cautopates pair from Brigetio

Two marble reliefs of the same height from Brigetio, Pannonia Superior, each depicting a cross-legged torchbearer in Oriental dress — Cautes and Cautopates — holding their torches.

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27 May 2026

Two marble reliefs of the same height, found at Szöny in the 18th century. Győr, Museum.Ráth-Römer, I, 91ff; MMM II 329 No. 224; Barkóczi, Brigetio, 46 No. 219 and Pl. XLV, 1–2. See figs. 449–450 kindly sent by Dr. L. Barkóczi.Cautes and Cautopates in Oriental dress and cross-legged. They hold the torches with both hands. An inscription in the plinth:

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