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Sarmatian gold of the Volga region

  • Мордвинцева В., Хабарова Н. Древнее золото Поволжья. Симферополь 2006 [Valentina Mordvintseva, Ancient gold of the Volga region from the collections of the Volgograd Regional Museum of Local History] https://www.academia.edu
  • M. Treister, A Diadem from the Khokhlach Burial-mound. Reflections on the center of manufacture https://www.academia.edu
  • “Конь и всадник: открывая страницы прошлого” Каталог выставки, Волгоградский областной краеведческий музей 2019 https://vokm134.ru
the Ilovlinsky district of the Volgograd region, Russia. 
Pendant: OKTYABRSKY-II, kurhan 2, grave 1. Burial of an old woman. 1st century CE. Gold and glass
Earrings: Berdia village, kurhan 8, grave 2 [станции Бердия Иловлинского района]
Pendant length – 6.4 cm, earrings length 5.7 cm
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Gold earrings with amber-colored glass inlays.
Gold earrings with amber-colored glass inlays.
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Finds from the woman’s burial included gold earrings, gold beaded necklaces, jet disc-shaped beads, a large number of beads, and gold shield-shaped rings. Also found in the burial were a bronze cauldron, an iron knife, a bronze mirror in a case, and a bronze figurative whip handle. The burial dates to the early Sarmatian period.
Photo: Volgograd Regional Museum of Local History
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Photo: Volgograd Regional Museum of Local History
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Барановка. Курган № 3/1982.
Gold necklace. Baranovka. Kurgan No. 3/1982. Burial No. 1. 1st century CE.
Rectangular medallion with green glass, 3.2 x 1.3 x 0.8 cm.
Volgograd Museum, inv. No. 20192–20193. Photo by M. Treister, 2015
gilded silver, 3rd century
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Gold necklace, length 37.7 cm.
23 of 27 hollow pendants have been preserved.
Vesely VI, kurhan 1, grave 1, male burial. [Mordvintseva]
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3rd century, Sarmatian carnelian style, horse bridle, Volgograd Regional Museum of Local History
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Photo: Roman Merzlyakov/RG
Photo: Roman Merzlyakov/RG
Photo: Roman Merzlyakov/RG

Silver phalerae of the horse harness, Sarmatian, 2nd-1st century BCE

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Photo: Roman Merzlyakov/RG
Photo: Roman Merzlyakov/RG

Silver phalerae, Sarmatian, 2nd half of the 2nd C BCE – 1st C CE. Zhutovo, kurhan 27, votive deposition

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Silver phalera, one of a pair. Diam. 5 cm
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Silver gilded phalera, diam. 10.15 cm
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