Lead votive plaque

Unknown

probably 3rd century CE · Lead · Greek and Roman Art

The plaque contains a complex iconography of divine figures and symbols, probably to be associated with Thracian or Dacian beliefs of the Lower Danube region. Presiding over the whole scene is Sol Invictus (the invicible sun-god) in a quadriga (four-horse chariot). His cult originated in the Near East and gained increasing influence under imperial patronage during the third century A.D. The state worship of Sol was only supplanted by Constantine's adoption of Christianity in A.D. 312.

Artist

Unknown

Date

probably 3rd century CE

Medium

Lead

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1921