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Gold pendants of a horse bridle, Tanais, 3rd century [scent bottle 21, 22]

Gold pendants with garnet inserts, decoration of the horse bridle. Found during rescue excavations of the burial ground of the ancient settlement of Tanais [Танаис (х. Недвиговка, Мясниковский район)], in a burial from the beginning of the 3rd century.

Lit.:

Sarmatian burial, Rostov region

Horse bridle gold decorations
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