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The treasure from Letnitza, Lovech District has been discovered by chance in 1963. It has been covered with a bronze cauldron and at a distance of eight meters from it have been discovered iron reins. Under the cauldron archaeologists have found 19 traditional-size and about 30 smaller applications for a horse's ammunition. Eight applications represent the Thracian Horseman God.

The applications from the "knight duel" type are 5 cm high, made of silver with gold coating dating back to the third quarter of IV c. B.C. They form opposing pairs. The applications in which the horseman is heading to the right have been on the left horizontal strap of the head-band. They are with about 0,5 cm bigger. The horseman has an accompanying figure, represented by a head, symbolizing Orpheus. The other horseman from the opposing application is heading to the left. It has identical equipment. Behind his back, instead of an image of Orpheus, there is a horse's or a dog (wolf)'s head.

The applications for the breast-band stripe are 7 cm high, made of silver with gold coating. They date back to the second quarter of IV c. B.C. The application is engirdled with a rim of incised lines with eight horses' heads in a relief circle under it. They are engraved together with head stripes, reins and manes. Part of them are also gold coated.

The applications for a horse ammunition are 6,5 cm high, made of silver with gold coating. They date back to the second quarter of IV c. B.C. There is a Thracian scene on them - Nereida riding a dragon with a horse's head and a fanged comb. The gender of the figure is depicted with two dots marking the bust. The scene represents a goddess or a princess who the Thracian hero is saving from the dragon.

The applications for a horse ammunition are 6,5 cm high, made of silver with gold coating. They date back to the second quarter of IV c. B.C. The application represents a scene from the Thracian mythology in which a human figure with its hair, tied up in a bun, stands upright to the left of a three-headed dragon. There is no mark for the gender of the figure, unlike the other application, so we assume that this is a man. In his right hand he is holding a mirror. For the ancient mythological beliefs if you "catch" a creature in a mirror it is equal to make it harmless.

The applications for a horse ammunition are 6,2 cm high, made of silver with gold coating. They date back to the second quarter of IV c. B.C. The scene represents the final feat of the hero. He is heading to the left and has a long hair tied in a ponytail. He is having a sexual intercourse with a woman in his lap, who is facing and holding him gently. Behind her there is another woman staring at the scene. She is holding two mystic objects - a vessel with a holy drink and a twig with which she blesses the other woman. The woman with the twig stands for the Goddess Mother who is blessing the hero's battle. According to some scientists this is the Thracian god Kron, father of Zeus from whom the Thracian goddess Trace will give a birth to the first known European king -Dolonk.


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