New finds of the koban-colchian graphic art in Abkhazia

During the excavations of the Dzhantukh cemetery of the Late Bronze Age -Early Iron Age in Eastern Abkhazia hidden pits, which had been made before the burialconstructions were put to operation, were discovered in two secondary multiple burials.One of the hidden pits is dated to the 6th-5th centuries BC, whereas the other is dated to the4th century BC. The earlier hidden pit revealed three almost intact bronze plates decoratedwith peculiar engraved images of animals, whose purpose is unclear. The second hiddenpit contained fragments of similar plates. Stylistically, the images are similar to thepreviously unknown local variant of the Koban-Colchian graphic art and the art of SouthCaucasus bronze belts with engraved images