Olga Shinkar

Anatoly Skripkin

The materials from kurgan Zhutovsky 27, which was excavated by V.P. Shilov’s expedition in 1964, are quite often used in Sarmatian studies. Nonetheless, the present article is the fi rst comprehensive publication of the materials from thе site. The article gives detailed description of the funeral complexes of the kurgan, and substantiates the dating. The main burial in the kurgan appears to have belonged to the Sauromatian culture. Of especial interest is burial 4, that of a noble warrior. It is connected with the fi nding of horse harness, represented by silver phalerae. Burial 4 and the phalerae are dated to the 2nd–1st cc. BC. In our opinion, the complex will have belonged to Aorsian nobility. The time and the territory are those indicated for the Aorsi by Strabo.