Project “Creation and presentation of digitally accessible cultural heritage of Shumen Municipality”

Askos

Detailed information

Name of the object

Askos

Inventory №

1654

Location

Shumen Regional Museum

Material from which the item is made

Clay

Dimensions and weight

Diameter 9 cm, height 5 cm

Method of acquisition and location

Cultural period of creation

Antiquity

Item description

Askos made of high-quality red clay. The top of the mouth and the handles are painted in red. On the front surface five red stripes are drawn star-like, between them red dots. Relief bud outlined at the centre of the body. Found in burial mound near the village of Kyolmen, excavated by Tsv. Dremsizova in 1965.
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