Title: Pommel in the shape of coiled animals
Object type: Pommel
Date: ca. 3rd–1st century BCE
Culture: Sarmatian
Medium: Gold, turquoise inlay
Dimensions: 1 3/8 in. × 1 3/8 in. × 1 in. (3.5 × 3.5 × 2.5 cm)
Credit line: Gift of Norbert Schimmel Trust, 1989
Geography:      Eurasian steppes     
Department: Ancient West Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY