Tools and Techniques Used by Goldsmiths in Ancient Georgia

Abstract

1.6.1.2.2. Tools and Techniques Used by Goldsmiths in Ancient Georgia. /E. Magradze/. Bulletin of the Georgian National Academy of Sciences (Moambe). – 2020. – v. 14. – #2. – pp. 122-126. – eng.; abs.: geo., eng.

The present paper reports on some tools and techniques developed by goldsmith in the workshops of ancient Georgia. The written sources concerning the processing of precious metals and special tools used for this in the jewelry practice widely known in the world are taken into consideration. On the basis of theoretical and practical data contained in these sources, as well as the results of the conducted experiments, it was shown  that the so-called Trialeti goblet, an artifact dated back to the early second millennium BC, was made using the similar tools and techniques. The monument is kept at the archeological treasury of the Simon Janashia National Museum of Georgia. Fig. 6., Ref. 6.

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