The treasure from Lukovit, Pleven District is an accidental finding from 1953 after which there are two more findings in 1955 and 1986. The whole treasure consists of 15 silver vessels, 23 applications and equipments for a horse's ammunition and over 20 silver rings, semi-spherical buttons, small applications with images of human and animal heads. The phial from the Lukovit treasure is 7 cm high and dates back to the second quarter of IV c. B.C. The phial has a semi-spherical body with a big smooth neck and a protruding edge at the mouth. The body under the neck is covered with human heads separated from one another by palm leaves. The heads are 8 in number, the facial lines are plastically represented and the general outlook is a stern one. Under them towards the bottom there is a second frieze with eight women's heads. They symbolize the Great Thracian Goddess at the top and the Virgin Goddess at the bottom. The number eight according to some analyses can be related to the Thracian religious belief for the eight years of passing to immortality. The horse's ammunition application from the Lukovit treasure has a maximum diameter of 8,3 cm and dates back to the third quarter of IV c. B.C. The two applications for vertical straps represent horsemen in gallop. One of them is heading to the right and the other one to the left. The horsemen are with curly hair, beardless with flapping hlamids behind their backs. The decorated head and breast straps are well-depicted. The horseman heading to the right is holding a spear in his right hand pointing it at a fallen lion at the feet of the horse. The lion has turned its roaring head towards the rider and the upright tail speaks about his enraged mood. The horseman heading to the left is holding the reins in his left hand. At the feet of his horse one can see another lion. More about 'Thracian treasure' :
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