New Archaeological Data on Achaemenid Influences in the Southern Urals

Under the eastern outer edge of Burial-mound 1 in the Filippovka-1 cemetery near the edge of the mound a grave-pit was discovered which was untouched by looters. The grave goods in this female burial numbered approximately 1200 objects used for various purposes: they included objects from the Achaemenid range, which bear witness to the influences exerted by Achaemenid culture on the material and spiritual culture of the local nomads. This article is a publication of those objects (jewellery items, utensils, vessels made of silver, glass and stone) and their attribution, which makes it possible with varying degrees of probability to date them and to determine the centre of production from which they came.