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Lion head horn
Material
Silver and Gold
Size
H. to rim (as it stands) 23.5 cm. (true, extended) l. 33 cm., rim diam. 10.9-11.2 cm, rim th. 2mm, lion head dimensions 5 x 3.7 x 4.4 cm, diam. at the junction of horn and head 3.6 cm, wt. 604.76 g.
Discovered
Unknown
Present location
Private collection of Vassil Bojkov, Sofia, Bulgaria[1]
The lion head horn, is one of several kinds of drinking horns that have been used throughout Eurasia since prehistoric times. Horns with animal heads have been found among artifacts from the Near East and Middle East, dating perhaps to classical antiquity or the time of Archaic Greece. The lion head horn, while not very common, does seem to have recurred across a span of several centuries.
^Sideris A. (2016). Metal Vases & Utensils in the Vassil Bojkov collection. pp. 18–19.
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