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Bulgarian epigraphic monuments [2] [3] [4] (Chuvash: Пăлхар эпиграфика палăкĕсем, Tatar: Болгар эпиграфика табылдыклары) – tombstones with inscriptions (epitaphs) of the 13th–14th centuries on the territory of the former Bulgarian ulus of the Golden Horde. The identified gravestones can ...
The Pliska rosette. The Pliska Rosette is a seven-pointed bronze rosette found in 1961 in Pliska, the medieval capital of Bulgaria.It is dated by archeologists to the 7th-9th century.
The Vinča symbols [a] are a set of undeciphered symbols found on artifacts from the Neolithic Vinča culture and other "Old European" cultures of Central and Southeast Europe. [3] [4] They have sometimes been described as an example of proto-writing. [5] The symbols went out of use around 3500 BC. [6]
[3] As of 2022, there are ten World Heritage Sites listed in Bulgaria. The first four sites were listed in 1979: the Boyana Church, the Madara Rider, the Rock-hewn Churches of Ivanovo, and the Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak. Four more sites were listed in 1983, one in 1985, and the most recent one in 2017.
The hoard consists of 13 receptacles, different in form and size, and weighs in total 12.5 kg: . two round platters; five round domed pieces, two with central handles; three cups with handles
The Bitola inscription is a stone inscription from the First Bulgarian Empire written in the Old Church Slavonic language in the Cyrillic alphabet. [1] Currently, it is located at the Institute and Museum of Bitola, North Macedonia, among the permanent exhibitions as a significant epigraphic monument, described as "a marble slab with Cyrillic letters of Ivan Vladislav from 1015/17". [2]
[1] The site consists of a narrow corridor leading to a round, domed chamber of the size required for the burial. Both are painted and decorated with murals representing a Thracian couple at a ritual funeral feast. [2] The murals were created in fresco. The walls were painted with a sanguine or dark reddish color.
It consists of 165 receptacles, including 108 phiales, 55 jugs and 3 goblets. [2] The objects are silver with golden gilt on some of them with total weight of more than 20 kilograms (44 lb). The treasure is an invaluable source of information for the life of the Thracians , due to the variety of motifs in the richly decorated objects.