The "Klimova Plate", depicting Sasanian monarch Shapur III killing a leopard

The Klimova Treasure is a hoard of Early Byzantine and Sasanian silver objects that was discovered in 1907 near the village of Klimova in the Perm Governorate of the Russian Empire (modern-day Perm Krai, in central Russia).[1] It is one of several hoards of Byzantine and Sasanian silverware uncovered in that region, which are collectively referred to as the Perm Treasures.[1][2]

Description

Amongst the Byzantine objects from the Klimova Treasure are a dish containing an image of a goatherd which bears the silver stamps of Emperor Justinian I (r. 527–565) and two 7th-century dishes adorned with crosses.[1][3][4] The Sasanian objects from the hoard include a dish depicting King of Kings Shapur III (r. 383–388) slaying a leopard, as well as another which portrays a tigress beneath a tree.[1] Other works associated with the Klimova Treasure also include an 8th or 9th century Iranian dish and a Mawarannahr piece.[2] A bucket was also found.[1] The Klimova Treasure is currently housed in the collections of the Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg.[1]

Sources

  1. ^ a b c d e f Hunter-Crawley, Heather (2018). "Perm Treasures". In Nicholson, Oliver (ed.). The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 1158–1159. ISBN 978-0-19-866277-8.
  2. ^ a b Hobbs, Richard (1997). Late Roman Precious Metal Deposits, c. AD 200-700: Changes over Time and Space - PhD Diss. Institute of Archaeology, University College London. pp. 113–4.
  3. ^ Kitzinger, Ernst (1976). The Art of Byzantium and the Medieval West: Selected Studies. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. p. 163.
  4. ^ Sinai, Byzantium, Russia: Orthodox Art from the Sixth to the Twentieth Century. The Saint Catherine Foundation and the Hermitage Museum. 2000. pp. 52–3.


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