Plate

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Plate of decorative belt - belt distributor. 8th -7th cc B.C. Gold. Casting, soldering, graining, incrustation. Size: length -7,4 сm, width - 3,9-2,0 сm, height - 2,1-1,4 сm. Weight - 97,24 gm. Standart - 900. Salient, badam form. The surface decorated with figures of mountain rams - argalies, soldered in four lines: 1 - in first line, 6 - in the second, 8 - in the third, 6 - in fourth. In upper line on edges from each party soldered one head of argali, in second line from one hand soldered one head of argali, from other - only horns. Between 2nd and 3rd line soldered one nest. On argali trunks has cuttings - nests in the form of comma for inserts of semi-precious stones. The space between figures is filled with thick graining. In bottom part of pendant are soldered flat
vertical plates covered by thick graining forming four nests for passing througt belts. To them soldered thin, rectangular horizontal plate. Zhalauly village, Rayimbek district, Almaty region. Accidental find, 1988.