Vessel with the horses
- Inventory number:
- АР-189
- Creation Date:
- 10th - 7th century BC
- Place of Creation:
- Yaseniv village, Lviv region
- Provenance:
- Lviv Historical Museum
- Technique:
- molding
- Size:
- 6.5 x 9 cm
- Material:
- clay
- Type of object:
- Vessel
- Subject:
- Vysotsko culture
The vessel is tulip-shaped with a well-expanded and slightly curved rim, featuring 8 perforations. On the outer surface, where the expansion begins, there are 8 figures of horses depicted. The base is narrow and flat, made from brown clay. The Vysotsko culture existed during the Early Iron Age (10th-7th centuries BCE). Its distribution covered the forest steppe region of Ukraine, particularly around the rivers Western Buh, Dnister, and Styr. The name “Vysotsko culture” derives from a burial site in the village of Vysotsko of Brody District of Lviv Region. It was identified by Polish archaeologist Tadeusz Sulimirski in 1931. The population engaged in agriculture, animal husbandry, and crafts, including wood processing, blacksmithing, and the production of flint tools.
