Ave!
Another lead plaque just arrived; two photos under different light sources.
Lead; 88mm/75mm; 96.8gm
As Shawn noted earlier in this post: "Rectangular
type.
Fish at top. Then
Luna and
Sol busts with two snakes between. Then goddess standing between two riders each trampling fish-people ?? Then tripod, weird thingy,
hunter with rabbit hanging from tree and three balls over ??"
Perhaps I can clear things up a
bit as all the images on this plaque are rather clear? Here is what I can see...anyway.
Rectangular
type: above,
fish swimming left
The 1st Tier: Writhing snakes facing inward and feeding from an urn/chalice? (What is this?) To left,
bust of
Luna on crescent moon; to right,
radiate bust of
SolThe 2nd Tier: A pair of mounted horsemen (
Castor and
Pollux?) each proceeding inward and flanking the standing facing figure of Epona, the sole
Celtic divinity ultimately worshipped in
Rome itself as the patroness of cavalry. To left, forepart of a ram, standing upwards, one
leg raised; to right, a
togate (?) figure. Beneath the horsemen, a pair of trampled enemies, supine, facing each other, one
arm expended.
3rd Tier: left to right; tripod, eagle-topped
standard,
man kneeling left, hanging rabbit in a small tree, three pellets above an
amphora, and a cockerel standing left on a ram's skull (
bucranium).
Ref/ Ertl
type F.1?
The symbiology seen on these plaques is rather confusing as to our eyes as no one has been initiated into this secret cult for over 1,700 years. Maybe the Illuminati?
For instance, why a
man hanging a rabbit in tree?
Please correct me if I have made any mistakes or am I simply too confused.
Best regards to all,
Kevin