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Silver Scythian Cup

Unknown350 - 325 BCE

National Museum of the History of Ukraine

National Museum of the History of Ukraine
Kyiv, Ukraine

The silver cup has stretched proportions with a spherical ornamented body and tall smooth throat with a wreath bent outwards. Casted ring-shaped pallet soldered to the bottom. The middle part of the body is decorated with an ornamental grapevine strip. Vertical embossed petals are directed to this strip from the bottom of the vessel.
This cup was found in Haimanova Mohyla barrow, supposedly a Scythian king's family burial site.
Similar cups were found in many rich Scythian burials and were used by them for drinking alcohol.

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  • Title: Silver Scythian Cup
  • Creator: Unknown
  • Date Created: 350 - 325 BCE
  • Location Created: Unknown
  • Physical Dimensions: h 149, d 112 mm
  • Type: Tableware
  • Rights: National Museum of the History of Ukraine
  • Medium: Silver, chasing, punching, forging
  • Place found: The Haimanova Mohyla kurgan, Zaporizhzhia Region, Ukraine
  • Period: Early Iron Age
  • Culture: The Scythians
National Museum of the History of Ukraine

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