X-ray Tomography of a Meaotian-Sarmatian Mirror from Eastern Trans-Kuban with a Thematic Image
摘要
Abstract
The results of studying an engraved image on a bronze mirror belonging to the Maeotian-Sarmatian culture, an accidental find from Eastern Trans-Kuban in the Northwestern Caucasus, are presented. X‑ray tomography makes it possible to significantly enhance the details of the scene on the back of the mirror, which has been hidden by corrosion. In particular, in the battle scene located in the center of the mirror, the ethnographic features of the man’s costume, which is likely characteristic of the ancient population of the Northwestern Caucasus of the 2nd–1st centuries BC, are revealed.