Rogozen Treasure
{{short description|Thracian hoard}}
{{Infobox Artifact
|name = Rogozen Treasure
|image = 250px
|image_caption = A silver phiale with gold decoration depicting Auge and Heracles.[http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2018/04/12/6-amazing-artifacts-with-ancient-greek-mythology-scenes-discovered-in-bulgaria/ 6 AMAZING ARTIFACTS WITH ANCIENT GREEK MYTHOLOGY SCENES DISCOVERED IN BULGARIA]
|material = silver
|created = 400 B.C. - 300 B.C.
|discovered = 1985 at Rogozen
|location = Vratsa Regional Historical Museum
National Historical Museum, Sofia
}}
The Rogozen Treasure ({{langx|bg|Рогозенско съкровище}}), called the find of the century, is a Thracian treasure.{{sfn|Marazov|1989|page=12}}
Discovery
It was discovered by chance in the autumn of 1985 by tractor driver Ivan Dimitrov, digging a hole for an irrigation system in his garden in the Bulgarian village of Rogozen. On January 6,1986 an archaeological team, consisting of Bogdan Nikolov, Spas Mashov and Plamen Ivanov from the County Historical Museum(Regional Historical Museum) in Vratsa discovered a second half, consisting of 100 silver and gilded silver vessels. {{sfn|Marazov|1989|pages=11–12}}{{sfn|Eisenberg|1998|p=14}}
Description
It consists of 165 receptacles, including 108 phiales, 55 jugs and 3 goblets.{{sfn|Marazov|1989|page=12}} The objects are silver with golden gilt on some of them with total weight of more than {{convert|20|kg}}. The treasure is an invaluable source of information for the life of the Thracians, due to the variety of motifs in the richly decorated objects. It is dated back to the 5th–4th centuries B.C.
Gallery
image:Thracian gilt silver pitcher lion attacking a deer Rogozen Treasure Vratsa Bulgaria MH.jpg|Thracian gilt silver pitcher depicting lion attacking a deer Rogozen Treasure Vratsa Bulgaria
image:Thracian gilt silver omphalos bowl Rogozen Treasure Vratsa Bulgaria MH.jpg|Thracian gilt silver omphalos bowl Rogozen Treasure Vratsa Bulgaria
image:Thracian gilt silver pitcher Rogozen Treasure Vratsa Bulgaria MH.jpg|Thracian gilt silver pitcher Rogozen Treasure Vratsa Bulgaria
image:Thracian gilt silver pitcher Rogozen Treasure Vratsa Bulgaria MH 01.jpg|Thracian gilt silver pitcher Rogozen Treasure Vratsa Bulgaria
image:Thracian Gilt silver vessel Rogozen Treasure Vratsa Bulgaria by MH 02.jpg|Thracian Gilt silver vessel Rogozen Treasure Vratsa Bulgaria
image:Thracian Gilt Silver vessel 5th–4th centuries BCE Rogozen Treasure Vratsa Bulgaria MH.jpg|Thracian Gilt Silver vessel 5th–4th centuries BCE Rogozen Treasure Vratsa Bulgaria
Honour
Rogozen Island off Robert Island, South Shetland Islands is named after the settlement of Rogozen in connection with the Rogozen Treasure.[https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/scar/display_name.cfm?gaz_id=136731 Rogozen Island] [https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/scar/ SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica]
See also
Notes
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External links
- [http://ancient-treasure.info/thracian-treasures/rogozen-silver-treasure.html The Rogozen silver treasure ]
Sources
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- {{cite book |last1=Fol |first1=A. |last2= Nikolov|first2= B.|last3=Hoddinott |first3= R.F.|title=The New Thracian Treasure from Rogozen (British Museum Exhibition Catalogue) |place=London |publisher=British Museum Publications Limited |year=1986 }}
- {{citation |title= The Rogozen Treasure: Papers of the Anglo-Bulgarian Conference, 12 March 1987|editor= Cook, B.F.|publisher= British Museum |place= London|year= 1989}}
- {{citation |last= Zazoff|first= Peter |author-link= Peter Zazoff|title= Der neue thrakische Silberschatz von Rogozen in Bulgarien |journal= Antike Welt |volume=18 |issue=4 |year= 1987 |pages= 2–28|jstor=44432267 }}
- {{citation |last= Marazov |first= Ivan |author-link= Ivan Marazov|title= The Rogozen Treasure |translator= Chakalova, Nedyalka |place= Sofia |publisher= Svyat Publishers |year= 1989}}
- {{citation |last= Borza|first= Eugene N. |author-link= Eugene N. Borza |title= Book Review: The Rogozen Treasure; Papers of the Anglo-Bulgarian Conference, 12 March 1987, edited by B.F. Cook; Pp. 111, pls. 16, British Museum Publication, 1989 |journal= American Journal of Archaeology |volume= 94 |issue= 4 |date= October 1990 |pages=695–696 |jstor=505140|doi= 10.2307/505140 }}
- {{citation |last= Rotroff|first= Susan I. |title= Thracian Glitter: A dazzling display of ancient art |journal= Archaeology |volume= 51|issue= 4|date= July–August 1998 |url= https://archive.archaeology.org/9807/abstracts/museum.html|pages= 64–67|via=Archaeology Archive |access-date= 23 June 2018 }}
- {{citation |last= Eisenberg |first= Jerome M. |title=The Wealth of the Thracians: A Spectacular Exhibitions of Thracian Treasures Travelling America |journal= The International Review of Ancient Art & Archaeology - MINERVA |date= January 1998 |volume= 9 |issue= 1|pages= 14–15|url= http://minervamagazine.co.uk/archive_pdfs/1998_Vol_9_01.pdf |access-date= 23 June 2018}}
- {{cite book |last= Bahn |first= Paul G. |title= The World's Great Archaeological Treasures |publisher= Barnes & Noble |year= 1999 |pages= 164–165}}
- {{cite journal |last=Taylor |first=Timothy |author-link= Timothy Taylor (archaeologist)|title= Book Review: The Rogozen Treasure, by Ivan Marazov, Pp. 327, b&w figs. 314, color figs. 49, maps 1, Secor Publishers, Sofia, 1996, {{Text|ISBN}} 954-8250-05-5 (cloth) |journal= American Journal of Archaeology |volume= 104 |issue= 2 |date= April 2000 |pages= 398–399 |jstor=507480 |doi=10.2307/507480 }}
- {{cite journal |last= Zournatzi |first= Antigoni |title= Inscribed Silver Vessels of the Odrysian Kings: Gifts, Tribute and the Diffusion of the Forms of "Achaemenid" Metalware in Thrace |journal= American Journal of Archaeology |date= October 2000 |volume= 104 |issue= 4 |pages= 685, 687, 688, 689, 690, 702, 703, 704, 705, 706 |jstor= 507153 |doi= 10.2307/507153 }}
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Category:Treasure troves in Bulgaria
Category:Thracian archaeological artifacts
Category:Treasure troves of classical antiquity
Category:History of Vratsa Province
Category:1985 archaeological discoveries