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Prof. Vasil Nikolov and his team of archaeologists at the Provadia-Saltworks found the ceramic artifact, believed to be a salt god, while excavating the bottom of a salt evaporation pool.
Source: Provadia-Solnitsata
In the ancient world salt was so valuable that Roman soldiers were sometimes paid with salt instead of money . A monthly salt allowance was a salarium, and this Latin word seeds both the French word salaire, and the English language word salary. When salt first appeared on the market it circulated in its economic capacity for a long time before it was consumed, and this is why the ancient salt mines at Provadia-Solnitsata are regarded as the first mint in ancient Europe, and the home of long-distance trade. Thanks to a new discovery, it is also the site of a salt god artifact.
The Provadia-Saltworks tell during excavations in 2008. A new discovery has uncovered what appears to be a representation of some kind of salt god.
(Nikolov / OpenEdition Journals )
Salt Cults of the Ancient World
Located near the modern town of Provadia, in northeastern Bulgaria, specialized salt production and long-distance trade was vital for both people and animals at the prehistoric urban Chalcolithic complex of Provadia-Solnitsata during the middle and second half of the 5th millennium BC. This fortified stonewall settlement (citadel) includes a ritualistic sacrificial pit and an extensive burial necropolis, representing the oldest salt production center in Europe, dating back to between 5500 and 4200 BC.
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