Folia archeologica 53.

István Vida: Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Hungary, Budapest, Magyar Nemzeti Múzeum, Vol. III. Moesia Inferior, Supplement 1, Nicopolis ad Istrum

EXCAVATIONS OF A „ROYAL" BARROW-GRAVE IN THE SOUTHERN UR.\

I. H7 Fig. 7. Silver vessel from grave 4 7. ábra. Ezüstkancsó a 4. sírból ver plates. The handles (in pairs) of the cups depicted ram-heads looking in different directions. The heads of the rams were covered with a thick golden foil, the details of the surface (eyes, mouth, ears, horns, cheeks) were stamped on the foil. In the lower part of the vessel, the feet of the ram were depicted, also covered with golden foil. In the middle part of the foot of the vessel, forelegs and hindlegs of the ram met (Fig. 10.). Beside the vessel, a bronze lamp was placed. This is a hollow sculpture of a zebu bull (with a characteristic hump on the neck). The bull stood on his feet with its head directed to the north (Fig. 10.). Between the hump and the back of the neck, there was a round hole for pouring oil. Л long cylindrical pipe joined the face (for the wick).