Goddess Tabiti with mirror, consecration of Scythian man (king/warrior?) 4th C. BCE
"Gold plate from the Chertomlyk kurgan, possibly depicting Tabiti, the queen of the Scythian pantheon. Each embossed with a scene of a Scythian man drinking from a horn, standing before a seated female deity with a mirror, framed by a border of tongues, the corners perforated for attachment. For related plaques see no. 166 in Aruz, et al., The Golden Deer of Eurasia, Scythian and Sarmatian Treasures from the Russian Steppes, where the scene has been interpreted as either "the soul of a king imbibing the elixir of immortality before a female deity, the investiture of a king, the initiation of a youth into the mysteries of a God, or the ritual marriage of a king to the female deity Tabiti, the so-called queen of the Scythians."
-taken from Christies and Medium
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| Goddess Tabiti with mirror, consecration of Scythian man (king/warrior?) 4th C. BCE. Gold plate. From Chertomlyk Tumulus Kurgan archaeological site. |
Source/Quote:
https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-3831367
https://mullerornis.medium.com/on-the-scythian-pantheon-44781876b6ef
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