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Historical Archive: Central Asia, Scythian, Steppe, Caucasus, Black Sea, Crimea to third century BCE "Venus of Kostenki", limestone, 23000-22000 BCE, Hermitage. For profile see Hermitage. petroglyphs from Lake Onega, granite, 3rd-2nd millennium BCE, Hermitage, which have their own page head of figure holding spears from Chernovaya Burial Mound VIII, Okunev Culture, 1st half of 2nd millennium BCE, Hermitage fantastic animal, Okunev culture, 1st half of 2nd millennium BCE, Khakassia, Russia, Hermitage bird pendant fr. Khodzhaly burial ground, Caucasus, bronze, late 2nd-early 1st millenium BCE, Hermitage 16698. For oblique view see Hermitage. bone horse, c.1000 BCE, Dyakovskaya culture, MSHM bone boar grip, c.1000 BCE, Dyakovskaya culture, MSHM buckle, Koban, c.1000-500 BCE, MSHM bone gryphon head with ram's horns fr. Teishebaini Fortress, near Yerevan, 7th c. BCE, Hermitage 17774. For strict profile see Hermitage. gold head of bird of prey facing right, 7th-5th c. BCE northern Black Sea steppe, Yablonovka, MSHM gold head of bird of prey with spirals, 7th-5th c. BCE northern Black Sea steppe, Yablonovka, MSHM gold head of bird of prey facing left, 7th-5th c. BCE northern Black Sea steppe, Yablonovka, MSHM ibex finial fr. Minusinsk basin, bronze, Tagar culture 7th-3rd c. BCE, Hermitage deer/elk finial fr. Minusinsk basin, bronze, Tagar culture 7th-3rd c. BCE, Hermitage stag facing right, copper alloy? 7th-3rd or 2nd c. BCE, Tagarskaya culture, MSHM stag facing left, copper alloy? 7th-3rd or 2nd c. BCE, Tagarskaya culture, MSHM Scythian stag sheild ornament, gold, 6th c. BCE, HNM Scythian stag sheild ornament, gold, 6th c. BCE, HNM wood griffin fr. Tuekta barrow 1, Pazyryk culture 6th-5th c. BCE, Hermitage leather antlered tiger fr. Tuekta barrow 1, Pazyryk culture 6th-5th c. BCE, Hermitage 2179-912 predator, 6th-5th c. BCE, Kazbeksky hoard, MSHM predator with chain, 6th-5th c. BCE, Kazbeksky hoard, MSHM tin rider, 6th-5th c. BCE, Kazbeksky hoard, MSHM disk, poss. 6th-5th c. BCE, Kazbeksky hoard, MSHM man with chain, 6th-5th c. BCE, Kazbeksky hoard, MSHM phalera: ibex facing right and ?serpents, 6th-5th c. BCE, Kazbeksky hoard, MSHM. For oblique view and companion phalera see MSHM. boar, copper alloy? 6th-5th c. BCE South Urals nomads, MSHM Asian moose, copper alloy? 6th-5th c. BCE South Urals nomads, MSHM bird of prey head, copper alloy? 6th-5th c. BCE South Urals nomads, MSHM animal, copper alloy? 6th-5th c. BCE South Urals nomads, MSHM bone spoon with predator head and quadruped on bowl, 6th-5th c. BCE South Urals nomads, MSHM Scythian feline, bronze with electrum sheath, c.5th c. BCE, DO BZ.1923.7. This work has its own page. swan fr. Pazyryk barrow 5, reindeer wool felt, Pazyryk culture 5th-4th c. BCE, Hermitage 1687-260 jet bead set in gold as a bound pendant, 5th to 3rd c. BCE, from Maikop, RGM D351. For another view see RGM. altar from Semirechye (Zhetysu), Kazakhstan, cast bronze 125 cm wide, Sakae culture 5th-3rd c. BCE, Hermitage СА-13760. For details see Hermitage. bead with thunderbolt, rock crystal, Tiritaka/Charax (north Black Sea area, c.4th c. BCE-3rd c. CE), Pushkin KB33 no.546. For another view see Pushkin.