Cloisonne Zoomorphic Mounts of the Early 5th Century from Kertch: Function and Meaning
Journal: Nizhnevolzhskiy Arheologicheskiy Vestnik
Year: 2019

Among the finds from two vaults of the late antique necropolis of Bosporus discovered by robbers on June 24, 1904 there is a pair of zoomorphic mounts made in the technique of cloisonné inlay. In modern scientific literature, the issue of the interpretation and semantics of this zoomorphic image has not been considered so far. According to the author, the things reproduce the image of the Roman Capricorn. The composition of doubled figures or a protomes of these creatures turning their heads in