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Cautes with two torches from Sarmizegetusa

Two bluish marble fragments from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, preserving the upper part of Cautes holding a torch in each hand, with traces of red on his neck, dress, and the torches.
 
The New Mithraeum
27 May 2026
Two fragments of a bluish marble relief (H. 0.13 Br. 0.13–0.113 D. 0.016).Studniczka, 209 No. 15; Kiraly, 37 No. 104; MMM II 286 No. 150. See fig. 577.The upper part of Cautes holding a torch in each hand. Traces of red on his neck, dress and on the flame of the torch. Above him the dressed bust of Luna with diadem and crescent.

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