Klimova Treasure

The "Klimova Plate", depicting Sasanian monarch Shapur III killing a leopard

The Klimova Treasure is a hoard of Early Byzantine and Sasanian silver objects that was discovered in 1907 near the village of Klimova in the Perm Governorate of the Russian Empire (modern-day Perm Krai, in central Russia).[1] It is one of several hoards of Byzantine and Sasanian silverware uncovered in that region, which are collectively referred to as the Perm Treasures.[1][2]

  1. ^ a b Hunter-Crawley, Heather (2018). "Perm Treasures". In Nicholson, Oliver (ed.). The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 1158–1159. ISBN 978-0-19-866277-8.
  2. ^ Hobbs, Richard (1997). Late Roman Precious Metal Deposits, c. AD 200-700: Changes over Time and Space - PhD Diss. Institute of Archaeology, University College London. pp. 113–4.