title: IMAGE OF ROOSTER IN THE ART OF SCYTHIA: IRANIAN CONTEXT
abstract: The focus of my report is the image of a rooster that is quite rare in Scythian art.It first appears in the 5 th century BC as a part of clothes decoration.The image of a rooster with a head turned back is represented on the urygold plaque from the barrow no. 2 of Semibratni mounds (Kuban region) (fig.1).Another gold plaque with an image of rooster was found in the barrow no.17 of the Nymphaeion necropolis (Eastern Crimea) 1 (fig.2).