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Votive relief depicting the Thracian Rider; place of discovery: Gilău? (Cluj County); 2nd - 3rd century AD.

The scene depicts the Thracian Rider in naiskos. At the horse’s forelegs there is an animal. The rider holds the horse’s reins in his right hand, while in his left, stretched out in front, he holds the lyre – the attribute of Apollo, and on his mantle is a raven, an attribute of the same god. The lower part of the piece, where the inscription was placed, is missing.