Meotian / Sarmatian brooches of the Krasnodar Territory, Hellenistic period [2nd-1st century BCE]. Made of gold, inlaid with carnelian mostly.
Lozenge-shaped, diamond-shaped brooch
Brooches with carnelian inlays
Krasnodar Krai, Tenginsky burial ground.
First half of the 2nd century BCE
gold, carnelian
A gold fibula-brooch in the shape of a rhombus with a carnelian insert in the center. 2,85 х 2,2 cm
Meotian burial. Maikop region, Psenatha [Псенафа] archaeological complex.
From a rich collective burial No. 62 dated to 2nd-1st century BCE
Read more https://colorsandstones.eu/2023/04/28/psenatha-псенафа-archaeological-complex/
Photo ©Vladimir d’Ar
3.9 x 2.2 cm
2nd century BCE
Khutor Verkhniy [Хутор Верхний], kurgan 14
Photo ©Vladimir d’Ar
4.9 x 3.5 cm
1st half of 2nd century BCE. Stanitsa Razdolnaya [Станица Раздольная]
Photo ©Vladimir d’Ar
Read more https://colorsandstones.eu/2021/06/11/kuban-krasnodar-territory/
continuation of the pattern
Krasnodar territory, gold with carnelian and/or glass
After Малышев, А.А. 2020
Gold fibula-brooch inlaid with glass [red in the center, green as a leaf], first half of the 2nd century CE. Myskhak necropolis [Мысхакский некрополь]
The burial inventory of the necropolis is kept in the collections of the Novorossiysk Historical Museum-Reserve. [Новороссийский исторический музей-заповедник]
https://archaeolog.ru/media/series/nekropoli_chermorya/myskhako_2020.pdf
Tsemdolina necropolis, 1st-3rd century
Fibula. Gold, carnelian. Forged, soldered, filigree, granulated. Diamond-shaped shield, dimensions 2.5 x 3.1 cm. The central inset is an oval carnelian. The filigree ornamentation runs along the perimeter, with radiating swirls at the corners. The granulation forms large triangles on all four sides of the inset, small triangles on the sides of the diamond, and individual spheres are present in the corners and within the filigree swirls.
Iron needle, not preserved.
The burial inventory of the necropolis is kept in the collections of the Novorossiysk Historical Museum-Reserve.
Tsemdolina necropolis, 1st-3rd century CE
Photo ©Novorossiysk Historical Museum-Reserve
- E.A. Beglova, T.A. Gabuev, I.V. Ksenofontova, L.M. Noskova
Archaeology of the Northern Caucasus
https://library.orientmuseum.ru/images/pdf/Archeologia_Sev_Kav_2014.pdf - Art Treasures of Ancient Kuban / Шедевры древнего искусства Кубани https://library.orientmuseum.ru/images/pdf/KubanShedevry_1987.pdf
- Малышев, А.А. 2020: Погребальный инвентарь Мысхакского некрополя in MYSKHAK NECROPOLIS. EXCAVATIONS 1978-1979. Black Sea Necropolises series , volume 5
https://archaeolog.ru/media/series/nekropoli_chermorya/myskhako_2020.pdf - АСПУРГИАНЕ НА ЮГО-ВОСТОКЕ АЗИАТСКОГО БОСПОРА: ПО МАТЕРИАЛАМ ЦЕМДОЛИНСКОГО НЕКРОПОЛЯ.— Гриф и К, 2008. http://gorgippia-antiqua.ru/book/Aspurgiane.pdf [Tsemdolina necropolis]
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