Discoid ornamented plaques, solar disc, hole in the center

Georgia Museums, Georgian National Museum, Tbilisi

Gold circular plaque with horn-like half-sun design around the circle.

Discoid ornamented plaques - horse harness decorations - a feature of distinction of those interred in the Akhalgori and Tsikhiagora burials.

Rich burials revealed on the territory of Eastern Georgia point to the establishment of aristocracy prior to the formation of the Kingdom of Kartili (Iberia).


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Gold circular plaque with horn-like half-sun design around the circle
Taken on  Thursday 02nd of July 2015
Device: OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP.
Model: SP800UZ
Source:  Tbilisi, Georgia

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