Catalogue - Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Rostov-on-Don Art Museum
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The gorytus-typically Scythian-is a
combination of quiver and bow-case, and
like the many scabbards made for the
Scythians, it was often covered with gold.
At least four have been found, all
decorated with the same subjects: one
from Chertomlyk, another from near
Ilyintsy (both now in Leningrad), a third,
illustrated here, in Kiev, and the fourth
from an estuary of the Don, now in
Rostov-on-Don. The animals in fighting
groups are familiar from other objects
made to Scythian taste, but the two friezes
with figures are taken from Greek
mythology and probably represent Achilles
among the daughters of King Lykomedes
on the island of Skyros.
Gorytus with relief decoration. Gold, length
36cm. (141/ in.), width 25 cm. (913,6 in.).
Greek workmanship, executed for the
Scythians. Late 5th-early 4th century B.C.
Rostov-on-Don Art Museum.
V.P. Shilov, SA (1961), p. 161, fig. 13.
State Historical Museum,
Moscow
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Harness plaque decorated with four
predatory bird's heads. Bronze, length 2.5
cm. (1 in.).
Culture of the Sakas, 7th-5th centuries B.C.
Historical Museum, Moscow, 101908.
188
Bird's head, harness plaque. Bronze, length
7cm. (23/ in.).
Culture of the Sakas, 7th-5th centuries B.C.
Historical Museum, Moscow, 101908.
189
Boar's head, harness plaque. Bronze, length
4 cm. (19A6 in.).
Culture of the Sakas, 7th-5th centuries B.C.
Historical Museum, Moscow, 101908.
190
Camel's head, frontlet. Bronze, length 3 cm.
(1346 in.).
Culture of the Sakas, 7th-5th centuries B.C.
Historical Museum, Moscow, 101908.
191
Harness plaque decorated with a panther's
head. Bronze, 6 x 5 cm. (2/8 x 2 in.).
Culture of the Sakas, 7th-5th centuries B.C.
Historical Museum, Moscow, 101908.
192
Bird, harness buckle. Bronze, length 5 cm.
(2 in.).
Culture of the Sakas, 7th-5th centuries B.C.
Historical Museum, Moscow, 101908.
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Buckle from a saddle girth decorated with a
recumbent lion. Bronze, diameter 10 cm.
(315A6 in.).
Culture of the Sakas, 7th-Sth centuries B.C.
Historical Museum, Moscow, 101908.
194
Spoon decorated with stylized representations
of animals. Bone, length 10.4 cm. (315/6 in.).
Sauromatian culture, 6th century B.C.
Orenburg district, Bis Oba. Historical
Museum, Moscow, 70172.
195
Recumbent stag, plaque. Bronze, length 6.5
cm. (29/6 in.).
Tagar culture, 5th-3rd centuries B.C.
Historical Museum, Moscow, 36855.
196
Sepulchral monument. Limestone, height 146
cm. (57/2 in.).
Scythian, 4th-3rd century B.C. Rostov
region, Elizavetovskaya village. Historical
Museum, Moscow, 48214.
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Hollow torque with inlaid animal heads at
the ends. Gold and turquoise, length 24.4 cm.
(8516 in.).
Sauromatian culture, 2nd century B.C.
Voronezh district. Chance find. Historical
Museum, Moscow, 80330.
IAK Izvestiya Arkheologicheskoy
Komissii
KSIIMK Kratiye soobshcheniya Instituta
Istorii Materyalnoy Kultury
MAK Materialy po arkheologii Kavkaza
MAR Materialy po arkheologii Rossii
OAK Otchet Arkheologicheskoy
Komissii
SA Sovetskaya arkheologiya