Description
On August 27, 2010, "MegaFon" presented Orenburg residents with a new symbol of the regional center - the golden Sarmatian deer. The sculpture is an exact replica of a deer figurine found during excavations at the Filippovsky mounds in the Ilek district of the Orenburg region.
In the 5th-4th centuries BC, the Orenburg steppes were inhabited by a highly developed Scytho-Sarmatian civilization. A few years ago, during excavations of the Filippov mounds in the Donguz River area, archaeologists discovered about 600 gold objects belonging to the Scytho-Sarmatian era in two caches.
The most unusual among the found relics of an ancient civilization were 26 massive deer with powerful branched horns covered with gold lining. The noble animal was sacred to the Scytho-Sarmatians: it was believed that the deer brings good luck, health, strength and protects the love of those who touch it.
The deer figure was cast taking into account the peculiarities and traditions of the Sarmatian culture by the Orenburg sculptor Nikolai Oreshkevich.
The sculpture was cast at the "Plast" art factory under the direction of Alexander Emaev.