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A Scythian Gold Comb with Battle Scene from the Solokha Kurhan, Late 5th-early 4th century BC
Comb with a Battle Scene
Created: Scythian Culture. Late 5th-early 4th century BC
Found: Solokha Barrow. Entrance Burial. Dneiper Region, Zaporozhye Region
Title: Comb with a Battle Scene
Epoch. Period: Early Iron Age
Date: Scythian Culture. Late 5th-early 4th century BC
Place of finding: Dneiper Region, Zaporozhye Region
Archaeological site: Solokha Barrow. Entrance Burial
Material: gold
Technique: casting, chasing
Dimensions: 12.6 x 10.2 cm
Acquisition date: Entered the Hermitage in 1914; transferred from the Imperial Archaeological Commission
Inventory Number: Дн.1913-1/1
Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg
Referenced on p.15, Scythians 700-300 B.C. by E.V.Cernenko, A.McBride, M.V.Gorelik
Detail from the Solokha comb: note the evident mixture of Greek and Scythian war-gear worn by the mounted warrior, who has a Corinthian helmet, and muscled greaves sprung over his Scythian trousers. The cuirass and girdle are Scythian. The crescent-shaped shield is a common image in Pontic art; the footsoldier who bears it wears highly decorated clothing, a sword interestingly and untypically slung on the left hip in the position normally occupied by the gorytos, and what seems to be the typical Scythian cap.
