Fitz Jenő (szerk.): Religions and Cults in Pannonia. Exhibiton an Székesfehérvár, Csók István Gallery 15 May - 30 September 1996 – Szent István Király Múzeum közleményei: A. sorozat 33. (1998)

к •' »и at 3 218. A votive lead tablet showing the Danubian Rider Gods The tablet is rectangular with a wide oval pediment and lateral acroterion. The cult ceremony depicted is encircled by an accented frame. In the pediment one can discern a fish with a star to either side. There is also one star to either side in the acroterion. The tablet is divided into three sections. Under the top rim and in the middle is a kantharos. To either side of it is a snake whose head lies above a vessel. In the left corner is the bust of Luna with a half-moon behind it. In the right corner is a bust of Sol with a crown of rays on his head. In the middle is a female figure in a long robe and standing on a pedestal, arms outstretched pulling two horses towards her. The horsemen on the horses are clad in cloaks which are swept back. Under the horse's hoofs lie outstretched human bodies. Behind the right horseman is a female figure and behind the left one a barely discernable male figure. Both are shown from the waist up. In the lowest section, middle, there is a male figure disemboweling an animal hanging from a tree. To his right there is a kantharos above which there are three spheres - apples? and a cock. To the left there is a smaller blurred object and next to it a tall candlestick and a three-legged stool with bent legs on which there are three objects (vessels?). - The top left corner of the tablet had been glued back on. - 3rd century A.D. - 8,8x7,4x0,2 cm.; lead. - Vinkovci (Cibalae) - ZAM, Inv. no. 16891. BRUNSMID 1902, 149, fig. 6; HAMPEL 1903, 353, no. 58; ISKRA-JANOáiÓ 1966, 55, T. IV: 1 A.R-M. 219. A votive lead tablet showing the Danubian Rider Gods The tablet is rectangular, the lower right corner is damaged with deeper incisions. The cult ceremony depicted is divided into four sections inside an aedicule which is inscribed by smooth columns and a capital in the shape of a floral calyx above which is an arch ornamented with astragals. Above the arch, in the upper right and left corners, is a curled up snake. In the aedicule beneath the arch is the figure of Sol wearing a crown emitting rays. He is on a quadriga and holds a sphere in his left hand. His right is lifted and outstretched. The horses are shown galloping, two on either side. Above the heads of each group is a rosette with eight petals. In the section beneath the lunette, in the middle, is the figure of a woman dressed in a long creased robe. In her lowered hands she holds a scarf in front of her. To either side of her there are horsemen with raised right hands dressed in cloaks which are swept back behind their backs. Under the hoof of the right horse is a fish, under the hoof of the left one an outstretched human body. Next to the column to the left is a soldier wearing a helmet, shield and spear whose tip is lowered to the ground. Next to the right column stands a dressed woman with her right hand raised. In the third section, middle, there are three figures sitting on an bench and at a table which is covered with a tasselled cloth. They are eating fish from a platter. To the left is a tree from which hangs a ram which is being disemboweled by a man. The figure above is wearing a ram's mask. To the right of the table are two naked bodies holding hands and approaching the table. In the lowest section, from left to right: three-legged stool with fish, curled-up snake, a lion seated, a large kantharos, a curled-up snake with head turned towards vessel and a cock. - 3rd century A.D. -9,4x7,7x0,2 cm.; lead. - Dalj (Teutoburgium) - ZAM, Inv. no. 16892. HOFFILLER 1935 64, no. 12, fig. 4; ISKRA-JANOSIÓ 1966, 51, T. II: 1; MAJNARIC-PANDZIC 1994, 87. A.R-M. 220. A votive lead tablet showing the Danubian Rider Gods The rectangular tablet is crowned by a rounded pediment and acroterion to either side. Stretching to either side vertically are columns with capitals. Sol in a quadriga is depicted in the pediment. In the left acroterion there is the bust of Sol, a torch and, it seems, a star. In the right the bust of Luna, a half-moon, a star and, it seems, a torch. The tablet is divided into three sections. In the top section, middle, there is a female figure clad in a long dress holding a scarf in her lowered hands. To either side of her head there is a star and a lantern. To either side of the woman, placed heraldically, are two horsemen riding towards her their cloaks swept back. Above the heads of the woman and the horsemen is an animal which is to difficult to define. Under the hoof of the left horse is an outstretched human body and next to the horse's tail a soldier with shield and spear in hand. Under the hoof of the right horse is a larger fish and next to the horse's 110