Scythian Gold Ring of Kings (5th Century BC) -

On the left side of the seal, in antithetical position to the symbolic representation (carried out by incising) the inscription ΣΚΥΛΕΩ/Skuleo – Greek form of the possessive genitive "belonging to Skyles". Also, on the right side of the ring link, (made by punching) a second inscription (in Greek) ΚΕΛΕΟΕΑΡΓΟΤΑΝΠΑΡ IANE (KELEOE ARGOTAN PAR ENAI), with the observation that the duct of last 4 letters is right-handed, and their sequence left-handed. Translation: "(he) ordered me to be at Argotas".

The scene (enthronement by a goddess of a "deified" king - in the present case Skyles) depicted on the seal of this ring is, like the inscriptions reproduced on it and the ring, a Greek interpretation of an oriental iconographic motif, known in Achaemenid cultural environments and Scythians.
Discovery, from the mid-1930s about 10km south of the Histria fortress, Present day Constanta, Romania.

📷 Marius Amarie

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