# The Gradešnica plaque

> A shallow grey clay tray, about 12.5 by 10.5 by 2 cm with two suspension holes, found in 1969 in a dwelling at Gradešnica, north-west Bulgaria. The…

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**ART** 0DEDTK8A4818·Artifact · tablet

# The Gradešnica plaque

TabletCC BY 3.0Early Chalcolithic, first half of the 5th millennium BC (phase disputed between Vinča B and early Chalcolithic III)

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**Not kept here.** This copy isn't ours to show. [See it where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gradeshnitsa_Tablet.jpg).

A shallow grey clay tray, about 12.5 by 10.5 by 2 cm with two suspension holes, found in 1969 in a dwelling at Gradešnica, north-west Bulgaria. The inside carries signs in four vertical registers divided by five lines; the outside a schematic human figure surrounded by nine signs. More than 40 signs have been reported, but published drawings disagree. Dated to the early Chalcolithic; readings as a calendar or as writing are not accepted.

Regional History Museum Vratsa via Europeana (author not named). CC BY 3.0

## Copies 1

**Photograph of the obverse** Regional History Museum Vratsa via Europeana (author not named) · commons.wikimedia.org · CC BY 3.0Primary source: [The Gradeshnitsa Tablet (Wikimedia Commons file, Regional History Museum Vratsa via Europeana)](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDNVW6C0YH/the-gradeshnitsa-tablet-wikimedia-commons-file-regional)1 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gradeshnitsa_Tablet.jpg)

## Where it is kept

[Regional History Museum, Vratsa](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0DEDPGSADVJB/regional-history-museum-vratsa) · Museum

## Sources 1

- [The Gradešnica Script Revisited](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDMN10Y281/the-gradesnica-script-revisited)_SRC_

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). The Gradešnica plaque [Artifact ART0DEDTK8A4818]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0DEDTK8A4818
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Key

**ART** 0DEDTK8A4818

Kind

Tablet

Held by

Regional History Museum, Vratsa

Dated

Early Chalcolithic, first half of the 5th millennium BC (phase disputed between Vinča B and early Chalcolithic III)

Licence

CC BY 3.0

Place

[Regional History Museum, Vratsa](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0DEDPGSADVJB/regional-history-museum-vratsa)

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[Vinča signs](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/vinca-signs)

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