Two Sarmatian Stone Slabs with Tamgas in Odessa Archeological Museum Collections
Journal: Nizhnevolzhskiy Arheologicheskiy Vestnik
Year: 2021

Based on a series of high-quality photos, new analysis was performed for tamgas along with animal and male images on Sarmatian stone slabs from Kryvyi Rih and from Gorgippia. Both stone slabs were created as a result of natural shape stones edges chipping; both were dug into the ground and functioned as the mini-shrines located, probably, in sacred places or at the settlement entrances. They are similar in size, both painted red and both contain a number of sacrificial recesses at the top (in th