Text, Goblet, Trialeti barrow

Georgia Museums, Georgian National Museum, Tbilisi

18th - 17th Centuries B.C. Goblet Gold, lapis lazuli, cornelian, jet, amber, height 7.5 sm., diameter 7.5 sm. Lower Kartli, Trialeti Kurgan. Made on a lathe from a single piece of gold. Double-walled body is decorated with volute-shaped applications and inlaid with cornelian, and lapis lazuli. The bottom is inlaid with amber and jet. Without known parallels.

Gold goblet with lapis lazuli on twirls

Genre: 18th-17th Centuries B.C.

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Goblet, Trialeti barrow, spiral design with stones

18th - 17th Centuries B.C. Goblet Gold, lapis lazuli, cornelian, jet, amber, height 7.5 sm.,...

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