Lot 387
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AN EASTERN EUROPEAN TINNED COPPER ALMS-DISH
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AN EASTERN EUROPEAN TINNED COPPER ALMS-DISH

WITH BULGARIAN CYRILIC INSCRIPTION

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AN EASTERN EUROPEAN TINNED COPPER ALMS-DISH
WITH BULGARIAN CYRILIC INSCRIPTION
Engraved overall with a leafy vine border and faintly engraved with a star in the centre of the well, the reverse with an inscription in cyrilic
16in. (41cm.)
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Lot Essay

The inscription translated by The school of Slavonic and East European Studies reads 'I Pavun the coppersmith have given this dish to the monastery of manastiru ?' and indistinctly dated. The translator conjects that the date is 6,801 from creation or 1293 A.D. but admits that the first numeral is not clear and could be something other than a '6'

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