New discovered find of bronze plaque with the depiction of the Danube horseman cult from the Đelilovac near Travnik Cover Image

Novootkriveni nalaz pločice sa prikazom kulta dunavskog konjanika s lokaliteta Đelilovac kod Travnika
New discovered find of bronze plaque with the depiction of the Danube horseman cult from the Đelilovac near Travnik

Author(s): Dina Vajzović
Subject(s): Archaeology, Cultural history, Ancient World
Published by: Akademija Nauka i Umjetnosti Bosne i Hercegovine
Keywords: bronze plaque; Danubian horseman; ancient cult; indigenous goddess; goddess Diana

Summary/Abstract: This article will present the newly discovered finding bronze plaque depicting the cult of Danubian horsemen from the site Đelilovac, in Turbe near Travnik, found during archaeological excavations in 2013. This is the first trace of an ancient cult on the bronze plaque in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and approximately dates back to the 3rd century AD. Central place on the plaque illustrates a female person, the goddess, with one rider on her both sides. The goddess is shown with hands raised in the air holding branches, which is a unique attribute never recorded in any other representation of this cult.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 44
  • Page Range: 105-114
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Bosnian