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The Panagyurishte Treasure
The Vulchitrun Treasure
The Rogozen Treasure
The Small Tomb Treasure
The Letnitsa Treasure
The Borovo Treasure
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Title 6
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THE PANAGYURISHTE
TREASURE
 The
Panagyurishte treasure was unearthed by accident in 1949, during clay
digging near the
town of Panagyurishte. It has been dated to the fourth century BC. The find
consists of nine solid gold vessels, decorated with different zoomorphic and
anthropomorphic figures, including seven rhyta, a rare amphora-rhyton
and a phiale. The amphora-rhyton, the four rhyta shaped like
animal heads/fore-parts and decorated with mythological scenes, the three
jug rhyta shaped like women's heads, and the phiale decorated with
representations of African men's heads and acorns are all pieces
of a ceremonial tableware drinking set that belonged to a Thracian king
(presumably Seuthes III), from the end of the 4th and the beginning of the 3rd
centuries BC. The inscriptions on the phiale and on two of the vessels refer
to the town of Lampsak on the Dardanelles as the place where they had been
made.
The treasure is unique not only for its weight in gold - a total of
6.1 kg, but also for the originality of its shapes and ornamentation, as
well as
for its
exquisite craftsmanship.
The
Panagyurishte treasure combines the artistic tastes of the Greek
world and the Orient. It blends Eastern forms with imagery of Greek origin.
The archaeological finding indicates the emergence of the Hellenistic style
and demonstrates the significant role played in it by the Thracians.
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The Varna Necropolis Treasure
The Duvanlii Treasure
The Mogilanska Mogila Treasure
The Loukovit Treasure
The Kralevo Treasure
The Svetitsata Treasure
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