#ancient-trade

#ancient-trade

A silver pendant decorated with an image and attributes of Assyrian goddess Ishtar has been discovered ancient city of Amos near Turunc, southwestern Turkey. Decorated with repousse figures and hammered dots, the round medallion has a hanging loop at the top indicating it was worn on a necklace. It is missing a part of the lower left quadrant, but the lion's fierce roaring face, body, hind legs and tail are all preserved. A female figure wearing a tall headdress stands on the lion's back.

An unprecedented grouping of rare bipyramidal ingots has been discovered in the Sava River in Tolisa, northeastern Bosnia and Herzegovina, dating to between the La Tene culture and the Roman era.