Text, Early 4th Century BC
Georgia Museums, Georgian National Museum, TbilisiTemple pendants Gold, H 8.1 cm Imereti, Vani first half of the 4th century B.C. The use of a mobile pendant is a novelty in the development of temple rings. An anthropomorphic representation emerges for the first time in Colchian goldsmithery in the shape of temple rings featuring riders. These riders are related to the cult of the Great Mother. Items of goldsmithery are imported.
Solar discs on the Gold Temple pendants
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Burial noble Colchian female, Vani, gold solar disc pendant
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