Stag appliqué - Catalog No. 101

Based on the apparent similarity to the stag-shaped appliqué from Zöldhalompuszta (Catalog No. 100), the electrum appliqué from Tápiószentmárton might have belonged to a person of exceptional social status. It is possible that the object was found in a tumulus, but its precise find location and context are unknown. At the time of discovery, the object was rolled up and therefore could not have served its original function, presumably as the decoration of a quiver. Like the Zöldhalompuszta gold stag, this object may have been manufactured in one of the workshops of the Greek colonies in the northern Black Sea region, as it is in accordance with the aesthetics of the Scythian elite.

Bence Soós