Combinatrice oro di 2500 anni con scena di battaglia: trovata in Ucraina, portato in eremitage

“A true masterpiece of Scythian metalwork, an extraordinary Gold Comb crested with fighting Scythians was discovered in Solokha Royal Kurgan in the Zaporizhzhia region of Ukraine on the left bank of the Dnipro River in 1912. The comb is 12.3 x 10.2 cm and is made of pure gold and is currently in the Hermitage. The Solokha kurgan, not far from the town of Nikopol, was 18 meters high (58.5 ft.) and concealed two vaults; in one of them, was found a woman of high birth in rich attire.

The second vault contained the body of a Scythian warrior-chief, his weapon-bearer, a servant, five horses, and a stableman. The head of the dead chief was covered with a heavy bronze helmet; gold rings and bracelets adorned his arms, and around his neck was a gold, crescent-shaped ornament (gryvna). The splendor of the attire, embroidered with gold plaques, was further heightened by an iron sword in a gold sheath and a delicately wrought gold phiale – a symbol of power. The comb, the only relic of antique jewelry of its kind, lay beside the chief’s head.

Some historians believe that it was Scythian King Octamacades who was buried in Solokha Kurgan. The King is known to history thanks to Herodotus, who described him as the ruler who killed his brother Skyles for betrayal of the Scythian faith for the sake of the Greek beliefs.” (‘*Royal Scythia, Greece, Kyiv Rus*’ book has more facts about Scythia as described by Herodotus and what relation it may have to the early history of Rus.)

Very beautiful!