About the collection

Gonio, Khelvachauri Municipality

Got from accidental find

Size: 4.8X18.8 cm

Gold

This imported jewellery is massive. The inner rim of the mouth is slightly rounded and distinguished from the body by a horizontal groove. The rather capacious body is completely covered with fluting (vertical grooves). The heel is round in shape, plain on the outer side. Both the inner and outer surfaces are traced with dot and surrounding circles that points to using of potter’s wheel during its manufacture. Similar object have been discovered in Bactria.

Batumi Archaeological Museum Collection Inv. № 1: 12-105;

Bibliography:

Lordkipanidze Otar, Mikeladze Teimuraz et Khakhoutaichvili David, Le Trèsor de Gonio, Tbilissi, 1980: 11-12, pls 13-14; Kakhidze Amiran, Shalikadze Tamar and Partenadze Tamar, Batumi Archaeological Museum Treasure, Catalogue, Batumi, 2015: 63, figs 84-85.

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