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Zeus Zbelsourdos
his name and nature1. The monuments in question comprise seven
reliefs, two coins, and three votive inscriptions.
Of the reliefs there are three distinct types. The first, repre-
sented by five examples2, shows a bearded god, usually clad in a
Fig. 782. Fig. 783.
chlamys, advancing from left to right with a thunderbolt in his raised
right hand and an eagle on his outstretched left arm. Beneath his
left hand there is a pillar (figs. 782, 783) or altar (fig. 784), and at his
1 G. Seure 'Les images thraces de Zeus Keraunos ZBEA20TPA02, TEBEAEIZIS,
ZAAM0SI2' in the Rev. Et. Gr. 1913 xxvi. 225—261.
2 (1) Relief in white marble, at Sofia (G. Seure loc. cit. p. 226 f. fig. 1), inscribed
POMISPA (?)> of which the only traces now legible are IZ_ of the last two letters. The
original reading may have been [7i(3(]pd[iov]pd[a>] (id. ib. p. 242 n. 3) : cp. infra p. 821 f.
Nude bearded (?) god, brandishing bolt (?) in raised right hand and extending left arm,
on which an eagle is perched, over a four-sided pillar. Height : o-i6m.
(2) Marble relief from Pascalevetz near Nikopolis in Moesia, now at Sofia (Reinach
Rep. Reliefs ii. 157 no. 1 ( = my fig. 782), G. Seure loc. cit. p. 228 f. fig. 2), inscribed
2ovpa evxv"' Bearded god, with chlamys, brandishing bolt in raised right hand and ex-
tending left arm, on which an eagle is perched, over a pillar (probably not a tree). At his
feet, a snake. Height: o'2oln.
(3) Marble relief from Samovoden near Nikopolis in Moesia, now at Sofia (G. Seure
in the Rev. Arch. 1908 ii. 52 f. no. 53, id. in the Rev. Et. Gr. 1913 xxvi. 229 f. fig. 3
(=my fig. 783)), with an inscription, which was read by Dobrousky as At[i] 7iLa.fJ.eypa, by
Seure first as At[i] Zia/xerpa and later as [0e]uk Zta/^erpfaJXis with compendium of aX.
Bearded god, with chlamys, brandishing club-like bolt in raised right hand and extending
left arm, over which is an eagle, to touch a pillar with moulded top. At his feet, a
snake. Height : o-205m.
(4) Marble relief from Biila Tcherkva near Nikopolis in Moesia, now at Sofia (G.
Seure in the Rev. Arch. 1908 ii. 75 no. 5, id. in the Rev. Et. Gr. 1913 xxvi. 231 ft", fig. 4),
uninscribed. Bearded god, with chlamys, brandishing bolt in raised right hand and
Zeus Zbelsourdos
his name and nature1. The monuments in question comprise seven
reliefs, two coins, and three votive inscriptions.
Of the reliefs there are three distinct types. The first, repre-
sented by five examples2, shows a bearded god, usually clad in a
Fig. 782. Fig. 783.
chlamys, advancing from left to right with a thunderbolt in his raised
right hand and an eagle on his outstretched left arm. Beneath his
left hand there is a pillar (figs. 782, 783) or altar (fig. 784), and at his
1 G. Seure 'Les images thraces de Zeus Keraunos ZBEA20TPA02, TEBEAEIZIS,
ZAAM0SI2' in the Rev. Et. Gr. 1913 xxvi. 225—261.
2 (1) Relief in white marble, at Sofia (G. Seure loc. cit. p. 226 f. fig. 1), inscribed
POMISPA (?)> of which the only traces now legible are IZ_ of the last two letters. The
original reading may have been [7i(3(]pd[iov]pd[a>] (id. ib. p. 242 n. 3) : cp. infra p. 821 f.
Nude bearded (?) god, brandishing bolt (?) in raised right hand and extending left arm,
on which an eagle is perched, over a four-sided pillar. Height : o-i6m.
(2) Marble relief from Pascalevetz near Nikopolis in Moesia, now at Sofia (Reinach
Rep. Reliefs ii. 157 no. 1 ( = my fig. 782), G. Seure loc. cit. p. 228 f. fig. 2), inscribed
2ovpa evxv"' Bearded god, with chlamys, brandishing bolt in raised right hand and ex-
tending left arm, on which an eagle is perched, over a pillar (probably not a tree). At his
feet, a snake. Height: o'2oln.
(3) Marble relief from Samovoden near Nikopolis in Moesia, now at Sofia (G. Seure
in the Rev. Arch. 1908 ii. 52 f. no. 53, id. in the Rev. Et. Gr. 1913 xxvi. 229 f. fig. 3
(=my fig. 783)), with an inscription, which was read by Dobrousky as At[i] 7iLa.fJ.eypa, by
Seure first as At[i] Zia/xerpa and later as [0e]uk Zta/^erpfaJXis with compendium of aX.
Bearded god, with chlamys, brandishing club-like bolt in raised right hand and extending
left arm, over which is an eagle, to touch a pillar with moulded top. At his feet, a
snake. Height : o-205m.
(4) Marble relief from Biila Tcherkva near Nikopolis in Moesia, now at Sofia (G.
Seure in the Rev. Arch. 1908 ii. 75 no. 5, id. in the Rev. Et. Gr. 1913 xxvi. 231 ft", fig. 4),
uninscribed. Bearded god, with chlamys, brandishing bolt in raised right hand and