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title: Ancient Goblet from Georgia
author: James Blake Wiener
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/7443/ancient-goblet-from-georgia/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Ancient Goblet from Georgia

_Authored by [James Blake Wiener](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/jbw288/)_

## Image File

[![Ancient Goblet from Georgia](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/7443.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/7443.jpg)

## Image Caption

This goblet is made on a lath from a single piece of [gold](https://www.worldhistory.org/gold/). It was found in Trialeti barrow no. 17, in eastern Georgia, and dates from the 18th-17th centuries BCE. It was made by craftsmen belonging to the Trialeti [Culture](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/culture/). Its double-walled body is decorated with volute-shaped applications and inlaid with cornelian and lapis lazuli. The bottom is inlaid with [amber](https://www.worldhistory.org/Amber/) and jet. No other goblet of this kind has been found elsewhere in present-day Georgia. (Georgian National Museum, Tbilisi)

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## About the Author

James Blake Wiener has a particular interest in cross-cultural exchange and world history. He is a co-founder of World History Encyclopedia and formerly was its Communications Director.
- [Linkedin Profile](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jameswiener)

## Cite This Work

### APA
Wiener, J. B. (2017, October 16). Ancient Goblet from Georgia. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/7443/ancient-goblet-from-georgia/>
### Chicago
Wiener, James Blake. "Ancient Goblet from Georgia." *World History Encyclopedia*, October 16, 2017. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/7443/ancient-goblet-from-georgia/>.
### MLA
Wiener, James Blake. "Ancient Goblet from Georgia." *World History Encyclopedia*, 16 Oct 2017, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/7443/ancient-goblet-from-georgia/>.

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