New Reliefs Plaques from Pojejena (Caraș-Severin county) depicting the Danubian Riders
New Reliefs Plaques from Pojejena (Caraș-Severin county) depicting the Danubian Riders

Summary/Abstract: In the summer of 2019 the archeological excavation of the auxiliary fort from Pojejena wasresumed by a team of archaeologists from the National Museum of Banat (Timișoara), from the University ofWarsaw and from the Museum of the Highland Banat (Reșița). In this campaign, in the area near a horreum,the fragments of two marble reliefs plaques with the representation of the Danubian Riders were discovered.These reliefs illustrate a locally distributed religious iconography that artistically translates indigenous mythsand religious beliefs from the area bordering the Danube. The rectangular relief plaques can be included in thetype of simple rectangular stelae with a single row, with two Riders flanking the goddess and there is no exactknown parallel for this relief in the repertoire of monuments depicting the Danubian Riders. The fragmentarymarble rondel belongs to type Nemeti B1b, two-row medallions. Their main field always depicts two Riders anda goddess, and the lower row various symbols and cult scenes.

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