Bursa Treasure
Bursa Treasure as displayed in the British Museum
Material	Silver
Created	1st century AD
Present location	British Museum,London
Registration	1913,0531.1-7

TheBursa Treasure or theBrusa Treasure is the name of an earlyancient Roman silver hoard found in the city ofBursa, western Turkey. Since 1913, the entire treasure has been part of theBritish Museum's collection.^[1]

In the early 20th century, a rich collection of silver articles was unearthed from a tomb nearBursa in theMarmara Region of Turkey. The exact circumstances of the treasure's discovery remains unclear, but soon after it was found it was sold to theBritish Museum by the London art dealer W. C. Bacon & Co. The lack of provenance has made it difficult to determine who the hoard originally belonged to, but most of the extant objects indicate that it was probably part of an elite Roman lady'stoiletry from the 1st century AD.

The Bursa Treasure is composed of seven silver cosmetic objects that include adistaff, a toilet vessel, a smallpyxis with lid, asimpulum or ladle, a spoon with a handle in the shape of aswan, a large mirror and apatera or libation bowl, the back of which has the faint impression of a Chinese silk garment from theHan dynasty. High quality, luxury artefacts made from precious metal are relatively rare from the early decades of theRoman Empire, although there are similar finds emanating fromPompeii andBoscoreale in southern Italy.

• Arcisate Treasure

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  Simpulum from the treasure
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  Small vessel for containingcosmetics
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  Silver pyxis with lid
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  Libation bowl orpatera

• D. Strong, Greek and Roman Silver Plate (British Museum Press, 1966)
• L. Burn, The British Museum Book of Greek and Roman Art (British Museum Press, 1991)
• S. Walker, Roman Art (British Museum Press, 1991)
• H Mangoldt, Der Silberschatz von Brusa/Bursa im British Museum, (British Archaeological Reports, 2005)

• Ancient Greek and Roman objects in the British Museum
• Silver objects
• Treasure troves of classical antiquity
• History of Bursa
• Findings in Turkey outside Turkey

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