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other terminates in the protome of a dog. The lower two-thirds of the third
rhyton is covered by an engraved lozenge pattern; in the upper third by a
feather pattern.鹿 The use of gold overlays was an early Scythian tradition.
Also belonging to the middle Scythian period was an encircling overlay of
gilded silver for a horn rhyton found at Elizavetovsk 9 (fifth or fourth
century B.C.). The metal overlay, intended to ornament the upper section
of a horn rhyton, is ornamented with the repeated pattern of an eagle-
griffin tearing at a fish or dolphin. Another gold overlay for a rhyton, with a
band of deer heads, two bands of modified twisted-rope pattern, and a lion-
head tip was found at Velikaya Znamyanka (mid-fifth century B.C.). "Two
large bands are ornamented with a modified twisted-rope pattern,executed
in..... archaic carving techniques".2
Pole tops are one of the most significant objects used by the Scythians,
and apparently it was part of the ritual furnishings. At Kelermes, was
found a pair of poletops terminating in the heads of horses, and made of
bronze (Plate 4).鲁 As E.Jacobson has drawn our attention "The horses have
long vertical necks, heads set at right angles, large protruding eyes, nostrils
and mouths indicated by raised bands, upright ears rendered in partitioned
1 Ibid., p.218.
2 Ibid., p. 221.
3 Ibid., Fig. 112.