Party like a Sumerian: reinterpreting the ‘sceptres’ from the Maikop kurgan

The Bronze Age Maikop kurgan is one of the most richly furnished prehistoric burial mounds in the northern Caucasus. Its excavation in 1897 yielded a set of gold and silver tubes with elaborate tips and decorative bull figurines. Interpretations of these tubes include their use as sceptres and as po...

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Published in:	Antiquity Vol. 96; no. 385; pp. 67 - 84
Main Authors:	Trifonov, Viktor, Petrov, Denis, Savelieva, Larisa
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01-02-2022
Subjects:	Archaeology Beer Bronze Age Excavation Feasting Gold Grave goods Historic artifacts Material culture Mounds Museums Rites & ceremonies Silver Middle East United Kingdom Iraq Russia Caucasus kurgan feasting funerary ritual drinking ceremony Caucasus Bronze Age
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