Stag appliqué - Catalog No. 100

This golden appliqué came from the burial mound of a member of the Iron Age elite of the eastern Carpathian Basin. In terms of style and design, the best analogies for the object are from the tombs of Scythian rulers recovered beneath large burial mounds in the Pontic steppe and the Kuban region. These analogies, possibly produced in Greek colonies, such as Olbia on the Black Sea coast in eastern Ukraine, suggest that this appliqué, perhaps of a similar origin, was attached to a quiver, or less likely a shield, and served as a status symbol. The close resemblance between the gold stags from the Pontic steppe and the Carpathian Basin signifies the strong ties maintained by the elites of these remote regions. Bence Soós

该金贴饰片出土于喀尔巴阡盆地（Carpathian Basin）东部铁器时代（Iron Age）精英成员的封土墓冢。就风格与设计而言，与该器物最具可比性的同类遗存，出自本都草原（Pontic steppe）与库班地区（Kuban region）大型封土墓冢下出土的斯基泰（Scythian）统治者墓葬。这些类比器物大概率产自希腊殖民城邦，例如乌克兰东部黑海沿岸的奥尔比亚（Olbia），据此可推测本件金贴饰片或许同源，最初被附着于箭囊（quiver）之上，亦有可能（可能性较低）作为盾牌饰件，是身份地位的象征。本都草原与喀尔巴阡盆地出土的金牡鹿造型器物高度相似，彰显出这些偏远地区的精英阶层所维系的紧密联系。——本采·绍什（Bence Soós）