Gold, iron, carnelian, glass. Length 5 cm. End of 2nd – beginning of 1st century BCE, Dinskaya barrow, Kurgan, burial 3. Found in a rich burial of a Sarmatian warrior, the fibula served as a cloak fastener.
The fibula’s center features a carnelian inlay, while the perimeter features round and almond-shaped inlays of carnelian and glass, with a filigree x-shaped ornamentation between the inlays. [Krasnodar State Historical and Archaeological Museum-Reserve https://felicina.ru]
Lit.
Barbarians of the North Pontic Region and Their Contacts… In: Cojocaru, V. – Rubel, A. (ed.), Mobility in Research on the Black Sea Region. Cluj-Napoca 2016. (Pontica et Mediterranea VI). P. 381-432. Valentina Mordvintseva https://www.academia.edu/28344939
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