HORSE BRIDLE DECORATIONS FROM TOVSTA MOHYLA KURGAN: SEARCHING FOR REGULARITIES
Journal: Archaeology and Early History of Ukraine
Year: 2021

The paper is devoted to the analysis of horse bridles from Tovsta Mohyla kurgan of the 4th century BC. The barrow was excavated by the expedition of Ukrainian Institute of Archaeology headed by Boris Mozolevsky in the Dnepropetrovsk oblast, Ukraine, in 1971. In this kurgan the burial of noble warrior and two horse graves with skeletons of 6 horses were found. The horses had bridles decorated with images of various animals and fantastic creatures. One bridle was decorated with the images of mytho