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ALBANIA
AN INSCRIBED INCENSE BURNER FROM KOLSH I
Inscribed vulva and abdomen of a figurine - Emblematic linear signs on a vertical row - Emblematic signs on a vessel

An inscribed incense burner from Kolsh I

Fragment of a cult vessel (probably an incense burner or a lamp) of the early Neolithic with signs of the Old European Script. It has been found at Kolsh I (Northern-eastern of the Northern Albania).

References:

Merlini M., Was Writing Born in Europe? Searching for a Sacred Script, Rome ( in preparation )
Muzafer Korkuti, Neolithikum und Chalkolithikum in Albanien, Verlag, Mainz am Rhein, 1995