site.btaZoomorphic Ceramic Application Named June Exhibit of the Month at National Archaeological Museum

A zoomorphic ceramic application, discovered during archaeological excavations at Provadia-Solnitsata, is the June exhibit of the month of the National Archaeological Institute with Museum at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (NAIM-BAS), the museum said on Friday

The artefact is presented in the temporary exhibition "The Lords of the Salt: Provadia-Solnitsata 5600 - 4350 BC" in the temporary expositions hall of NAIM-BAS. The exhibition is dedicated to the 20th anniversary of archaeological excavations at Provadia-Solnitsata, the earliest prehistoric salt-production and urban centre in Europe.

The exhibit is a stylized head of a night bird placed on a lid. The face is covered with a white substance and the eyes are filled with a red substance. V-shaped incised elements on the crown and on the preserved part of the lid. The zoomorphic application is dated to the Late Chalcolithic period.

The exhibit is part of the collection of the Provadia Historical Museum.