Vakijvari Treasure

Vakijvari treasure is a hoard of bronze objects from the 12^th-11^th centuries BC. It was discovered in 1936 in the village of Vakijvari (Ozurgeti Municipality), in the area of ​​Korbude. The hoard included a Colchian axe, a damaged billhook, a fragment of a flat axe, three hoes, fragments of segmented weapons, a spearhead, a cleaver (or flat axe), 24 ingots. In 1960, a brooch from the end of the 2^nd millennium BC – the first half of the 1^st millennium BC was found in the village. The material is kept in the Ozurgeti History Museum.

 

Literature: რ ა მ ი შ ვ ი ლ ი  ა., კოლხეთის მატერიალური კულტურის ისტორიიდან, ბათ., 1974; ქ ო რ ი ძ ე  დ., კოლხური კულტურის ისტორიისათვის, თბ., 1965.

 

A. Ramishvili