PLAQUES FOR A WOODEN VESSEL

4th century BC.
Handle of the vessel in the form of a three-dimensionalfigure of a female kulan on a plaquedecorated in an animalistic style. The opposing plaque depicts inverted deer heads.Gold;
casting, carving, soldering, engraving, trimming.
Dimensions of the plaque: length 7.8 cm, width 6.8 cm,
dimensions of the figure: length 7.8 cm, height 4.8 cm.
Mound 1, burial 2. OROM 19971/60, 61, 62.
Filippovka, Orenburg region.
Research by the Institute of Archaeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences