The Sarmatian Burial Mound near v. Mikhailovka [Курган у с. Михайловка], 1st century, Odessa region, Ukraine.
Grave of a young woman, approximately 25 years old.
Sarmatian necklace with a butterfly-shaped pendant. Gold, onyx, sardonyx, glass. 1st century
Kurgan near the village Mikhailovka, Odessa Archaeological Museum, Ukraine
Сарматы. Ожерелье золотые с подвеской, в виде “бабочки”. Курган у с. Михайловка. I в. н.э. Золото, оникс, сардоникс, стекло. Одесский археологический музей. [photo Facebook]
- M. Treister, Late Hellenistic Polychrome Necklaces (to the origin of Necklaces with Butterfly-shaped Pendants
https://www.academia.edu - M. Treister, Further Thoughts about the Necklaces with Butterfly-Shaped Pendants from North Pontic Area
https://www.academia.edu/1869856/M_Treister_Further_Thoughts_about_the_Necklaces_with_Butterfly_Shaped_Pendants_from_North_Pontic_Area - Дзиговский А.Н. [Dzygovskij A.N.] Очерки истории сарматов Карпато-Днепровских земель, Одесса: Гермес, 2003
https://historylib.org/historybooks/Dzigovskiy-A-N-_Ocherki-istorii-sarmatov-Karpato-Dneprovskikh-zemel/ - Aleksandr Symonenko, Pre-Roman and Roman Imports in the Sarmatian Graves of Ukraine. Typology and Chronology
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