THE TOMB OF NOBLE GIRL ON THE NECROPOLIS CHERVONY MAYAK
THE TOMB OF NOBLE GIRL ON THE NECROPOLIS CHERVONY MAYAK

Summary/Abstract: The Late Scythian hill-fort and necropolis Chervony Mayak are located on the right bank of Dnieper (now the Kakhovka reservoir) in the chain of similar hill-forts ranging along both banks of the river up to its mouth. In campaign 2016 the grave 130 was excavated by the Late Scythian Archaeological Expedition of the Institute of Archaeology of NASU headed by Prof. Oleksandr Symonenko. The grave of 8-10 years old girls was accompanied by numerous grave goods. The items of skeleton 2 indicate the noble status of the buried girl. She was accompanied by bronze earrings, mirror, and ring with portrait gem, golden, glass and cornelian beads, silver bracelets and uncommon manicure set. The find of the remnants of fabric, leather and location of the beads in situ in these tombs allows us to propose the reconstruction of the costume. By the chronological markers the burial can be dated to the first half of 2nd century AD.

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