Plate with rounded upper end and relief of the Thracian Rider. The first line is on the upper frame, above the relief and the rest of the inscription is on the lower frame.
Decoration description
The plate shows the Thracian Rider returning from hunting (so-called type C). The horseman, with fluttering chlamys, rides to the right and carries a killed deer with his right hand. The shield of the Rider is visible behind the horse's head. In the lower part, under the horse, a lion to the left and a hound to the right. The lion bites the head of the deer and sets his left front paw on an urn. The hound bites the deer's right foreleg.
Text
Category of inscription
private dedication - prose
Date
III c. AD
Dating criteria
lettering
Images
Text
above the relief
[Θε]ῷ Ἀπόλλωνι
below the relief
Κατυλλεῖνος --- εὐχὴν ἀνέθε[c.2-3].
above the relief
ΘΕΩAΠOΛΛΩNΙ
below the relief
ΚΑΤΥΛΛΕINΟΣ--- ΕYΧHNANEΘΕc.2-3
To god Apollo. Catullinus …dedicated this votive offering.
Apparatus: 3 The verb form could be ἀνέθε[το], ἀνέθε[σαν] (if there was one more dedicant on l. 2) or misspelled ἀνέθε[κεν] instead of ἀνέθηκεν.
Commentary
The information about the monument and the images are courtesy of Vratsa Regional Museum of History, the content is further revised by Nicolay Sharankov.
Bibliography
Mihailov, Georgius. Inscriptiones Graecae in Bulgaria repertae. Vol. V, 1997.
Николов, Богдан. Антични паметници от Врачанско. In: Известия на Археологическия институт Vol. 30, 1967, p. 216-235, Vol.. 232, № 32, .
