About Bracelets with Zoomorphic Ends from Dzhurga-Oba Necropolis in Eastern Crimea (Great Migration Period)
Journal: Nizhnevolzhskiy Arheologicheskiy Vestnik
Year: 2019

The paper considers burial 40 of Dzhurga Oba necropolis in the Eastern Crimea. Two bracelets, elements of a prestigious female costume of the second half of the 5th century and weapons (sword elements) were found in the catacomb. It is possible that there were two inhumations – male and female ones. Two bronze gilded bracelets from this burial have gold zoomorphic endings in the form of heads, usually interpreted as dragons, and a hinged lock in the form of a disk. The origins of this type of br