Klimova Treasure

The Klimova Treasure is a hoard of Early Byzantine and Sasanian silver objects that was discovered in 1907 near the village of Klimova in the Perm Governorate of the Russian Empire (modern-day Perm Krai, in central Russia).^[1] It is one of several hoards of Byzantine and Sasanian silverware uncovered in that region, which are collectively referred to as the Perm Treasures.^[1]^[2]

Description

Amongst the Byzantine objects from the Klimova Treasure are a dish containing an image of a goatherd which bears the silver stamps of Emperor Justinian I (r. 527–565) and two 7th-century dishes adorned with crosses.^[1]^[3]^[4] The Sasanian objects from the hoard include a dish depicting King of Kings Shapur III (r. 383–388) slaying a leopard, as well as another which portrays a tigress beneath a tree.^[1] Other works associated with the Klimova Treasure also include an 8th or 9th century Iranian dish and a Mawarannahr piece.^[2] A bucket was also found.^[1] The Klimova Treasure is currently housed in the collections of the Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg.^[1]

Sources

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Hunter-Crawley, Heather (2018). "Perm Treasures". In Nicholson, Oliver (ed.). The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 1158–1159. ISBN 978-0-19-866277-8.
^ ^a ^b Hobbs, Richard (1997). Late Roman Precious Metal Deposits, c. AD 200-700: Changes over Time and Space - PhD Diss. Institute of Archaeology, University College London. pp. 113–4.
^ Kitzinger, Ernst (1976). The Art of Byzantium and the Medieval West: Selected Studies. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. p. 163.
^ Sinai, Byzantium, Russia: Orthodox Art from the Sixth to the Twentieth Century. The Saint Catherine Foundation and the Hermitage Museum. 2000. pp. 52–3.

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[ODLA-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Hunter-Crawley, Heather (2018). "Perm Treasures". In Nicholson, Oliver (ed.). The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 1158–1159. ISBN 978-0-19-866277-8.

[:0-2] Hobbs, Richard (1997). Late Roman Precious Metal Deposits, c. AD 200-700: Changes over Time and Space - PhD Diss. Institute of Archaeology, University College London. pp. 113–4.

[3] Kitzinger, Ernst (1976). The Art of Byzantium and the Medieval West: Selected Studies. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. p. 163.

[4] Sinai, Byzantium, Russia: Orthodox Art from the Sixth to the Twentieth Century. The Saint Catherine Foundation and the Hermitage Museum. 2000. pp. 52–3.

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