The Rogozen-treasure, Vratsa

The Rogozen treasure was found by chance in 1985 in the village of Rogozen, some 43 km away from the town of Vratza.
The treasure consists of hundred and eight phials, fifty-four jugs and three goblets. All the objects are silver and some with a golden gilt. The ornamentation, embossed in relief, is different in every case.

They were collected during a period exceeding a century – from the beginning of the 5th century to the mid-4th century BC. Several of these pieces seem to had been imported, but most were made in Thracia.

The receptacles also tell the names of various Thracian kings carved on them by master engravers.

Jug, silver with gilt- The neck is separated from the body by a stripe of ovouls, the handle is attached to the body throught a palmetha and to the neck – through a helix.

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