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Scythian / Sarmatian cuff bracelets [d/b]

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“The two hinged parts of this cast openwork bracelet are decorated with the relief representation of horses with their hind legs thrown up and touching the withers. The horses’ heads are stylised. The manes, hooves and the leafy ornament on the junctures are inlaid with turquoise.”

Gold and turquoise, diam. 7,5 cm
Central Asia. Sakae Culture
3rd – 1st century BCE

Siberian collection of Peter I.
Found: Duzdak Area, Syrdarya region, Karakumy Desert

gold bracelets, glass paste, late 1st – early 2nd century CE; the Rostov Regional Museum of Local Lore
http://rostovmuseum.ru
Gold, glass paste; 1st century
the Rostov Regional Museum of Local Lore
http://rostovmuseum.ru
  1. https://www.culture.ru/events/1289798/ekspoziciya-sokrovisha-donskikh-stepei
  2. https://zvezdagukovo.ru/obnaruzheny-sokrovishha-iz-pogrebeniya-sarmatskoj-caricy/
  3. http://www.museum.ru/N49227
  4. https://ru-sled.ru/vystavka-sokrovishha-donskix-stepej/

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