This is a cup from the Early Iron Age period, dating back to the 11th-9th century. It was found in the necropolis of “Sarukhan “Pali Tak”. This is one of the archeological artifacts kept in the archeology funds of the “Service for the protection of historical environment and cultural museum-reservations” SNCO.
A clay cup
Whitish, glazed, with a narrow (absent) bottom, a trumpet-shaped body stretching upwards, and fold-out rounded lips. An ornament of deep diagonal lines intersecting below the lip between a pair of deep horizontal grooves (having the form of fur tree). The decorative belt of patterned triangles starts from the lower part and ends at the bottom part of the vessel.
Early Iron Age, the 11th-9th centuries, BC
Clay, glaze, height: 7.0 cm
Diameter: 3.5cm
Tomb number 15
Head of the excavation: A. Piliposyan
“Protection Service” SNCO, collection 25/445
