The Cult of the Thracian Rider in Capidava: New Evidence and Iconographic Observations
The Cult of the Thracian Rider in Capidava: New Evidence and Iconographic Observations

Summary/Abstract: The present paper discusses a marble fragment from a votive plaque discovered during the 2015 archaeological campaign at Capidava. The bas-relief preserves the lower back part of a horse, the rider’s legs, and a fully rendered dog. These surviving elements unmistakably indicate the representation of the Thracian Rider, a widespread deity venerated in the Lower Danube region during the 2nd–3rd centuries AD. The fragment was unearthed in a corridor situated between the walls of two buildings along curtain B, in the north-western sector of the fortification. Although the archaeological context had been disturbed since antiquity, the typological and stylistic characteristics of the relief securely date it to the 2nd–3rd centuries AD.

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