Бронзовая матрица с изображением Зевса из Юго-Западного Крыма
Journal: Stratum plus. Археология и культурная антропология
Year: 2010

In 2009, a bronze matrix with image of Zeus was found in a burial of 1st-2nd centuries A. D. on the Ust-Alma necropolis (South-West Crimea). It was intended for production of votive plates. Analogous matrices were well-known in Chersonesos, Thrace and Moesia (2nd-3rd centuries A. D.). Such fi nds are usually associated with Roman soldiers. The matrix could have been brought to Crimea by Sarmatian tribes who participated in Roman-Dacian wars.