Pages: 293-330

The article presents and analyzes for the first time the materials obtained during the study of the Scythian barrow 12 of the “Garden” group excavated in 2018 near Glinoe village, Slobodzeya district, on the left bank of the Lower Dniester. The barrow was surrounded by a circular ditch where a rectangular stela was installed. The single Scythian grave was arranged in an unusual catacomb — with two entrances adjoining to the funeral chamber from the west and east. The complex was not looted. The burial of the male was accompanied by a quiver set of 100 arrowheads (90 from bronze and 10 from horn), a pair of spears, as well as a rectangular abrasive tool and a cigar-like whetstone. The spearheads were put in the case, which was fixed with a finial. Another similar item from the burial was used for attachment of clothes. Burial food and a knife were behind the head of the buried person. The grave is dated back to the second half of the 5th century BC and, in conjunction with other Scythian sites near the Glinoe village, indicates the continuous existence of the Scythian culture on the left bank of the Dniester in the 5th—2nd centuries BC.

Keywords: Northern Caucasus, Early Scythian culture, Protomeotian culture, barrow, horse harness, horny scepter

Information about authors:

Vladimir Maslov (Moscow, Russian Federation). Candidate of Historical Sciences. Institute of Archaeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Dmitry Ulyanov St., 19, Moscow, 117036, Russian Federation
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Alexander Gey (Moscow, Russian Federation). Candidate of Historical Sciences. Institute of Archaeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
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Marina Andreeva (Moscow, Russian Federation). Candidate of Historical Sciences. Institute of Archaeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Dmitry Ulyanov St., 19, Moscow, 117036, Russian Federation
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