The Ritual Ladle from the 15th–14th centuries BC, was discovered in

Lchashen Lchashen ( hy, Լճաշեն) is a village in the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia. History The settlement dates back to the 3rd millennium BC. It has a Bronze Age cemetery, a Urartian Iron Age fortress, and a 13th-century church. It is an i ...

, Armenia, with a decorated long handle. It is kept in the

History Museum of Armenia The History Museum of Armenia (armenian: Հայաստանի պատմության թանգարան) is a museum in Armenia with departments of Archaeology, Numismatics, Ethnography, Modern History and Restoration. It has a national collection of 40 ...

under the number 2007-3.

Description

The ritual ladle is a bronze artifact measuring 52 x 20.5 cm. The long handle of the ritual ladle is cylindrical, tubular, and hollow. It is decorated with wedge-shaped cuts ending with a sculptural figure of a bird sitting at the end of the wheel.Հայացք բրոնզե դարից, Ալբոմ-կատալոգ, Հայաստանի պատմության թանգարան, 2016, 160 էջ: A Glance from the Bronze Age. Yerevan, History Museum of Armenia, 2016, 160 pages. The bird's feathers are marked with rectangular cuts. The center of the wheel is marked with an image of the cross. The ritual ladle was found in a mausoleum inside a bronze pot.{{Cite web, url=http://treasury.am/hy/%D5%B7%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%A5%D6%83-%D5%AE%D5%AB%D5%BD%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%B6, title=Ritual Ladle - Armenian Treasury, website=Armenian Treasury, language=hy-AM, accessdate=2017-02-18

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The Main Stages of Lchashen's Development of Culture
Bronze Age Europe Bronzeware Spoons Archaeological discoveries in Armenia

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