© Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2009 DOI: 10.1163/092907709X12474657004845 Ancient Civilizations from Scythia to Siberia 14 (2009) 183-189 www.brill.nl/acss Silver-gilt Bowl from Burial-mound B at Prokhorovka Mikhail Yu. Treister* Abstract Analysis of the shape, decoration and dimensions of a bowl from Prokhorovka provides grounds for assigning it a date in the second half of the 4 th century BC, most probably one soon after the middle of that century. Despite the similarity as regards the shape and proportions of the Prokho- rovka bowl to the so-called “Achaemenid” bowls of the Macedonian type, the measurements and decoration of the vessel published here probably indicate that it had been manufactured in a different centre of production, which it is not possible at this stage to specify. Keywords Prokorovka, silver bowls, Macedonian type of Achaemenid bowls, high Achaemenid bowls, Eastern Mediterranean, Macedonia, hrace, South Italy In 2003 during excavation of Burial-mound “B” in the Prokhorovka burial- ground a silver decorated bowl with gold plating 1 was found in Grave 3 con- taining the burial of a young woman with rich grave goods, to which a special investigation has already been devoted. 2 he authors of the latter concluded that the bowl was representative of a Macedonian type of Achaemenid bowl, which appeared in the middle of the 4 th century BC. hey pointed out that unlike most of the known bowls belonging to the said group, the Prokhorovka bowl had a smooth lower part not decorated with vertical fluting. his, in their opinion, provided grounds for classifying the bowl as belonging to a transitional group between the Achaemenid prototypes and the Macedonian- type bowls and made it possible to date the bowl from Prokhorovka to the middle or third quarter of the 4 th century BC. he decoration of the bowl in the form of three-strand plaiting enabled the scholars to suggest that the bowl had been made in one of the production centres of the Eastern Mediterranean. A.S. Balakhvantsev and L.T. Yablonskii believe that it could have made its way, together with its owner, who had been serving in the army of either * Weißenburgstr. 59, D-53175 Bonn, Germany, Email mikhailtreister@yahoo.de. 1 Yablonskii, Meshcheryakov 2005, 67, fig. VI, 7. 2 Balakhvantsev, Yablonskii 2006, 98-106; cf. their article published in this issue. ACSS 15,1-2_F7_183-190.indd 183 ACSS 15,1-2_F7_183-190.indd 183 9/10/2009 8:55:57 PM 9/10/2009 8:55:57 PM