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Nashchitnaya plate in the form of panther (VII century B.C..) Gold, incrustation. Length is 32,6 cm. The kelermesskiy barrow I. Bright model of scythian beast style. Power and aggressiveness of predator is transmitted, the sharpness of its rumor, sight and sense of smell is emphasized. For strengthening magicheskogy the forces of image on the paws and the tail are placed to eshe of 10 small, that were rolled up by the ball of predator - typical motive of scythian skill.	Nashchitnaya plate in the form of deer (VII century B.C..) Gold. Length is 31,5 cm.. It is found in the barrow in the cossack village Of Kostromsky (Prikuban'e). The place of finding gave the second name to monument - "Kostroma deer". One of the masterpieces of the skill of scythian skill. The neatly gripped silhouette, laconicism and generality of forms give to figure surprising dynamicity, sensation of internal energy and force.	Sword in the scabbards from The kelermesskogo barrow (VII century B.C..) Iron sword in the gold scabbards (length 62,5 cm.). Supposedly, it is prepared in the territory of scythian state in front Asia. The motives, typical for the scythian beast style, are combined with the pre-asiatic methods and the compositions. Detail of the facing of scabbards.
Poleaxe (combat axe). VII century B.C.. Gold, iron. Length 72 cm. is stored in the state hermitage it is found in The kelermesskom barrow I. It were used in the ritual of offering. Shows the mixing of pre-asiatic motives (the "tree of life") with strictly the scythian (stylized animals with the tucked in feet - scythian beast style).	Uzdechnaya pronizka in the form of the head of ram (VII century B.C..) Bone. A height is 2,7 cm. The kelermesskiy barrow I. In the barrow, ransacked in the antiquity, the parts of the drawgear were preserved. Uzdechnye pronizki were executed in the form of the heads of rams, ram- birds, horse hooves, rolled up predator. Scythians frequently reproduced only the part of the body of animal, which served as as its symbol. Preserving vital likelihood, master modified means, stylizing him in accordance with the form of the decorated object.	Platelet with the image of goat (VI century B.C..) Gold. e,2khe,9sm. Krasnodar edge, Ul'skiy village. Plate in the form of the lying goat with the turned back head, crowned by long horns with the relief strips, which divide surface it is horny to the separate planes.
Uzdechnaya plate in the form of the figure of the lying deer (ser. V v. B.C..) Bronze. ya,"khya," cm. Krasnodar edge, Semibratskiy barrow. Bronze uzdechnaya plate in the form of the figure of the lying deer with the huge stylized horns.	Plate in the form of griffin (IV century B.C..) Bronze. Length 11, 5 cm. Krasnodar edge (Kuban). Web- page Of the hermitage Plate with the figure of griffin served psaliyem. Among the super-natural monsters, which depicted the Scythians, preference was given to griffin - winged lion, frequently with the aquiline head and the beast ears, generated by the fantastic ideas of ancient-eastern peoples. Scythians interpreted this borrowed means in their own way. During this period are strengthened the schematization, decorative complicatedness. The process of adding the new open style begins.	Gold scythian of 10 kopecks (III v. B.C..) It is found in the Stavropol treasure. It is the example to schematization and to ornamentizatsii of scythian beast style.
Vessel with the relief images of scythian soldiers.	Gold platelet (IV century B.C..) Scythian with the vessel and the quiver	Gold platelet (IV century B.C..) Zmeyenogaya goddess
Gold platelet (IV century B.C..) Figure of gippokama	Gold platelet (IV century B.C..) Scene of the fraternization	Gold platelet (IV century B.C..) Suspension with the relief head Athens
Gold platelet (IV century B.C..) Bracelet with polufigurami of the sphinxes