Золотые и серебряные бляшки — элементы ожерелий из некрополей Азиатского Боспора позднеархаического — раннеклассического времени
Gold and silver plaques — elements of necklaces from the necropoleis of the Asian Bosporus of the Late Archaic — Early Classical period

Summary/Abstract: This article is devoted to the publication of gold and silver plaques with loops or tubes on the rear from the late 6th — 5th centuries BCE burials of the necropoleis of Volna 1 on the Taman peninsula and Sindian Harbor (modern Anapa). The plaques are rectangular in shape with the loops or tubes in the central part on the rear. The absence of holes along the edges excludes the attribution of them as appliqués sewn onto fabric. The presence of a loop or a tube suggests another method of fastening (hanging) these plates, most likely on leather cords. This is indirectly confirmed by the location of the plaques in the burials. In this connection there are published the contexts of five burials (two — from Volna 1 and three — from Sindian Harbor and the dates of them are discussed in detail and established. The small plaques are decorated with the following motifs: a walking lion with its head turned back, a sitting sphinx, a double sphinx, a Siren with four wings, a running winged goddess with a hare in one hand and a wreath in the other. Each of these motifs is discussed in detail. The plaques under discussion are absolutely unusual and do not find parallels in other regions of the ancient world. Some of them, like the plaque from the Volna 1 necropolis with the image of a running winged goddess with a hare in one hand and a wreath in the other, demonstrate a motif unique to the Archaic period, while, given other finds of small silver and gold plaques in this necropolis, its (their) local manufacture cannot be ruled out.

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