Vessel with symbol of water and rain
- Inventory number:
- АР-151
- Creation Date:
- 4th - 3rd millennia BC
- Place of Creation:
- Koshylivtsi village, Ternopil region
- Provenance:
- Lviv Historical Museum
- Technique:
- molding
- Size:
- 10 x 9 cm
- Material:
- clay, paint
- Type of object:
- Vessel
- Subject:
- Cucuteni–Trypillia culture
The vessel is pear-shaped and white in color. It has a small flat bottom and flared rim. The neck is outlined by two black lines. In the middle, wider part, there is a black stripe, and the bottom is also outlined by a black stripe. Across the entire outer surface of the vessel, diagonal and wavy black lines are drawn—symbols of water and rain. Archaeologist Vikentiy Khvoyka discovered the first Cucuteni-Trypillian settlement in present-day Ukraine in 1893–1894 on 55 Kyrylivska Street in Kyiv. However, the culture was named after the village of Trypillia of Kyiv Region. The area of its spread in Eastern Europe ranged from the Dnipro River to the Carpathians, from Polissia to the Black Sea and the Balkan Peninsula. The settlements of the Trypillians covered a significant area and are referred to as proto-cities. One of the distinguishing features of this culture was the burning of their homes, which could have been caused by soil depletion, a lack of resources for livestock grazing, or perhaps it had a ritual significance. The Trypillians were primarily engaged in cultivation, grain farming, fishing, pottery, weaving, metallurgy (including copper processing), and animal husbandry.
