As the object of November, the month of late autumn harvests and preparations for winter, we chose a vessel from the Late Bronze Age (Gáva culture, approx. 1100-800 BC).
The vessel was found during an archaeological excavation in 2019, in the Kőoldal area of Sîncrăieni. The large object was placed in a beehive shaped pit. In the vessel were placed four pieces of clay weights that were already broken and unusable, two pieces of millstone, as well as a round crushing stone and a fragment of a plate. After use, the vessel probably had a cultic/ritual role.
The vessel was preserved almost entirely, collapsing under the weight of the ground. It is made of clay, thinned with pebbles and crushed ceramics. Its rim is missing, which was probably destroyed during agricultural works. Based on the analogies, the edge was wide, curved, rounded. It has a slightly curved, cylindrical neck. The body of the vessel has a biconical design, approximately in the middle there is a thick rib, which was used to divide the vessel into two parts with short, oblique and wide bends. The bottom of the vessel is narrow, the outer surface is black, with traces of smoothing and polishing. A large gray patch extending from shoulder to bottom is also visible, possibly indicating a secondary burn mark. The interior is light orange-brown and the surface is rough to the touch. The shoulder of the vessel was decorated with four buttons placed vertically, symmetrical to each other. In the upper part, under the buttons, there is a spherical decoration consisting of bunches of decorative pieces in the form of garlands.
Dimensions: neck width 42 cm; belly width 70.5 cm; bottom diameter 19.5 cm; height 75 cm.
The vessel can be admired at the museum's ticket office from Tuesday to Sunday, daily from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.