Treasure

Three roughly conical vessels, one with a bottom ending in the head and neck of galloping horse, one in the head and neck of a bull, and one in the head and neck of a sphinx. A two-handled bowl decorated with a bearded human face. A vessel with a wide lip, narrow shoulder and rounded bottom, decorated with scenes of human figures.

Treasure with rhytons, bowl, and pitcher

Medium:
Silver gilt
Dimensions:
Rhyton with a protome of a galloping horse Height: 20.2 cm, Maximum diameter: 10.3 cm; Rhyton with a protome of a sphinx Height: 20.8 cm, Maximum diameter: 10.5 cm; Rhyton with a protome of a bull Height: 16.5 cm, Maximum diameter: 9 cm; Bowl Height: 11.4 cm, Diameter: 29 cm; Pitcher Height: 18.2 cm, Maximum diameter: 9.9 cm
Context:
Borovo, Bulgaria
Date:
350-300 BCE
Inventory Number:
II 357¬–361
Lender:
Rousse Regional Museum of History, Rousse, Bulgaria
Credit:
Photo © Field Museum, photographer Ádám Vágó