Project “Creation and presentation of digitally accessible cultural heritage of Shumen Municipality”

Plaque

Detailed information

Name of the object

Plaque

Inventory №

485

Location

Shumen Regional Museum

Material from which the item is made

Stone

Dimensions and weight

12 х 14 cm

Method of acquisition and location

Purchased from a priest from Novi pazar

Cultural period of creation

Antiquity

Item description

Votive plaque of the Thracian horseman, made of white marble. Rectangular shape. The horseman is depicted riding from left to right, Wearing chlamys pinned with a round fibula at the left shoulder. the left leg of the horse is stepping on a profiled altar. In front of the horseman there is a serpent-entwined tree.
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