Spheroconus

Spheroconuses were found in Bulgaria, Byzantium, Cyprus, and surrounding areas of Ural region. Spheroconuses were delivered to those areas through trade. The interesting fact regarding the spheroconuses is that there is not a unanimous opinion about their purpose of use. Some experts claim that those were used as lamps, some claim that they were used for carrying mercury, oil, perfumery, and others think that theye were used in the military. Even there are some assumptions that they were used to carry zamzam water. It is pretty interesting that in Central Asia, sphericonuses are called “simabkuzachi” which means “mercury bowl” in Turkmen. The color of the spheroconus is light gray, its mouth is round and narrow. His stem is surrounded by sun-like ornaments in three rows, and the part from the center towards the bottom is covered with oval-shaped ornaments.