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Foundation of the National Museum of Azerbaijan History included new samples of material culture
11.01.2017 09:38
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Foundation of the National Museum of Azerbaijan History included new samples of material culture

The Foundation of the National Museum of Azerbaijan History of ANAS includes 7 elements earthenware accidentally discovered during the drilling channel in the village Gurbanchi, Gobustan region in 2016.

Findings are household kitchen and table items. Ware transferred to the museum’s Archaeology Foundation. The form of preparation and decoration they make similar to the finds discovered in the monument Khinisily.

It is expected that the findings related to the material culture of the Shirvan region, and creating a wide idea of the level of development of pottery in the period relate to the IV-II centuries BC. Detected objects are valuable sources that reflect the life and artistic taste of the population of Caucasian Albania.

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