Kul-oba, the royal Scythian burial from Crimea, 4th century BCE

Kul-oba is a burial mound of a Scythian leader, discovered in 1830 near Kerch, Crimea. The deceased was buried in a wooden sarcophagus in clothes and a headdress embroidered with gold plaques, around his neck was a golden hryvnia with the image of equestrian Scythians at the ends, on his hands – gold bracelets. Next to the deceased and in the special caskets were placed weapon. 
In another sarcophagus, decorated with carved ivory, there was a rich burial of a woman – a wife or a concubine, sacrificed to the dead. The gold ornaments of her ritual attire are excellent products of Greek jewelers.
The Kul-Oba royal burial is dated to the 4th century BCE.
All grave goods are kept in the Hermitage museum.

Earrings, gold, enamel. Height: 10.3cm; disc diameter: 3.5 cm.

Below: Pendants with the head of Athena.
Gold, enamel. Embossing, filigree, weaving, granulation. Diameter 7 cm, maximum length 18 cm.