Plaques

2nd – 1st century B.C.E.

Gold. 2.2x1.3 cm

Found near the settlement the 15th Village on the border of Sredneakhtubinsky and Leninsky rayons of Volgograd Oblast.

Excavations by Valentin Pavlovich Shilov, 1958.

The diamond-shaped plaques have embossed ornament and a convex circle in the center. The narrow sides each holds a hole for sewing on. The edges of the plaques are bent downwards. The plaques had been sewn onto a woman's leather belt.