The Ritual Ladle from the 15th–14th centuries BC, was discovered in Lchashen, Armenia, with a decorated long handle. It is kept in the History Museum of Armenia under the number 2007-3.
Description The ritual ladle is a bronze artifact measuring 52 x 20.5 cm. The long handle of the ritual ladle is cylindrical, tubular, and hollow. It is decorated with wedge-shaped cuts ending with a sculptural figure of a bird sitting at the end of the wheel.Հայացք բրոնզե դարից, Ալբոմ-կատալոգ, Հայաստանի պատմության թանգարան, 2016, 160 էջ: A Glance from the Bronze Age. Yerevan, History Museum of Armenia, 2016, 160 pages. The bird's feathers are marked with rectangular cuts. The center of the wheel is marked with an image of the cross. The ritual ladle was found in a mausoleum inside a bronze pot.
References
Further reading View from the Bronze Age, album-catalog, History Museum of Armenia, 2010 Harutyun Mnatsakanyan, The Main Stages of Lchashen's Development of Culture. Yerevan, 1968
External links The Main Stages of Lchashen's Development of Culture