M. Treister, The Pectoral from Kosika (in Russian with summary in English) https://www.academia.edu
M. Treister, New Discoveries of Sarmatian Burials of the 1st Century A.D. https://www.academia.edu
[the Astrakhan region – Volga region, Caspian Sea, South Russia, Kazakhstan]
The golden pectoral is decorated with scenes of “tormenting” animals by predators – lions and winged griffins. The relief images of animals on the golden pectoral are made in the Scythian-Siberian “animal style”. The ends of the golden pectoral are decorated with ram’s heads, which were considered a symbol of heavenly grace. All the clothes of the Scythian leader were embroidered with numerous gold plaques depicting a ram’s head.
https://rg.ru/2019/08/15/reg-ufo/v-astrahani-pokazali-zoloto-sarmatov-iz-kurgana-bogomolskie-peski.html
Астрахань, АГОИАМЗ, инв. № 35524
2,5х3,5х7,5 cm, second half of the 2nd – 1st century BCE.
“The buckle has a hole through which a belt could be threaded. Particularly noteworthy is the fact that there are secret compartments in the badges – under the covers of the buckle and the tip of the belt. It is known that since antiquity, as written sources from different eras reported, poison was stored in such tiny secret containers in jewelry. But nothing was found in the plaques during the analysis” [Museum record]
M. Treister, A Precious Belt Set from the Nomadic Elite Burial near the Village of Kosika (in Russian with summary in English) https://www.academia.edu
Gold cuff, a bracelet [a bracer], width – 10.9 cm; length – 14.0 cm
1st century BCE, Sarmatian, from a burial near Kosika.
The Astrakhan State Historical and Architectural Museum-Reserve collection [Museum record]
Read more >> https://colorsandstones.eu/2023/11/01/gold-wide-cuffs-1st-century-bce-sarmatian-from-a-burial-near-kosika-d-b/
M. Treister, Gold Settings with Inlays from Kosika (in Russian with summary in English)