Sarmatian burial; the Astrakhan region

The burial of the Sarmatian ruler contained big amount of artifacts made of gold and turquoise, including weapon, belt plaques and a buckle, horse harness, was discovered in the Astrakhan region, near the village of Nikolskoye, Russia. [the Astrakhan Museum-Reserve] [the Astrakhan region – Volga region, Caspian Sea, South Russia, Kazakhstan]

In the “golden” burial lay a man over two meters tall, which is completely uncharacteristic for the nomads of this period. The grave was covered with a heavy cloth with golden stripes. The clothes are also embroidered with gold threads. “the decorations made in the same style made it possible to assume that this was a single set,” archaeologist Stukalov describes the details. The find probably dates back to the 1st or 2nd century AD“.

“On one of the wooden coffins, scientists found a horse’s head in a rich harness, some parts of the horse harness, bronze and silver stripes with silver stripes and bronze phaleras were preserved, which indicates the high status of the Sarmatians. According to the tradition of the Sarmatian nomads, after the death of the owner, his horse was also killed, while the horse’s limbs were cut off.”

Gold head of a camel with turquoise inlays from the Sarmatian burial. It is not known what this ornament was used for, archaeologists say it is a ritual object.

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   https://www.volgograd.kp.ru/daily/26975.5/4034512/
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