Klimova Treasure

The Klimova Treasure is a hoard of Roman-Byzantine and Sasanian silver, discovered in 1907 near the village of Klimova in the Perm Governorate of the Russian Empire (modern-day Perm Krai, in central Russia).[1] According to The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity, the hoard consisted of one dish bearing the image of a goatherd with silver stamps of Emperor Justinian I (r. 527–565); two 7th-century silver dishes with crosses; three Sasanian dishes, including one bearing the image of King of Kings Shapur III (r. 383–388) killing a leopard; and one depicting a tigress under a tree.[1] The hoard also included one bucket.[1] The objects are stored at the Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg.[1] The Klimova Treasure is one of several hoards of Roman-Byzantine and Sasanian silver found in Perm, which, collectively, are referred to as the Perm Treasures.[1]

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

Sources

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.

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[ODLA-1] 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.