Identification Number: 05TR16U16met05 new

Kerkenes Inventory ID: K05.215 Yozgat Museum 1521

Classification: Metal / Gold

Finding Type: Object

Item: Horn

Material: Gold

Images

Photograph 05dpnc1815, 05dpnc1817 by Geoffrey D. Summers Drawing by Ben Coockson

Description

Hollow sheet gold animal hornFormed around wood, some of which is preserved in carbonized state in its interior. Slightly deformed, but probably not originally round in section. Made from 2 pieces of sheet gold, with 2 attachment holes—one either side of base.

Dimensions

Height: 116 mm; Diameter: max diam at base 32 mm, diam top of knob 19 mm, diam of holes 2 mm; Thickness: 0.5 mm

Context

Ash

Publication

Summers, Palatial Complex, Chicago: OIP in press