Ritual Ladle (Armenia)

Short description: Ladle from the 15th–14th centuries BC

Ritual Ladle

Material| bronze
Size| 52 x 20.5 cm
Created| 15th-14th centuries BC
Discovered| Lchashen, Armenia
Present location| History Museum of Armenia
Identification| 2007-3

The Ritual Ladle from the 15th–14th centuries BC, was discovered in Lchashen, Armenia, with a decorated long handle. It is kept in the History Museum of Armenia under the number 2007-3.

## Contents

* 1 Description
* 2 References
* 3 Further reading
* 4 External links

## Description

The ritual ladle is a bronze artifact measuring 52 x 20.5 cm. The long handle of the ritual ladle is cylindrical, tubular, and hollow. It is decorated with wedge-shaped cuts ending with a sculptural figure of a bird sitting at the end of the wheel.[1] The bird's feathers are marked with rectangular cuts. The center of the wheel is marked with an image of the cross. The ritual ladle was found in a mausoleum inside a bronze pot.[1][2]

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Հայացք բրոնզե դարից, Ալբոմ-կատալոգ, Հայաստանի պատմության թանգարան, 2016, 160 էջ: A Glance from the Bronze Age. Yerevan, History Museum of Armenia, 2016, 160 pages.
2. ↑ "Ritual Ladle - Armenian Treasury" (in hy-AM). http://treasury.am/hy/շերեփ-ծիսական. Retrieved 2017-02-18.

## Further reading

* View from the Bronze Age, album-catalog, History Museum of Armenia, 2010
* Harutyun Mnatsakanyan, The Main Stages of Lchashen's Development of Culture. Yerevan, 1968

## External links

* The Main Stages of Lchashen's Development of Culture

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