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formal inspiration compilation (refer to post I and II for other references)

horse harness mostly based on the transcription plates of "Scythian and Amazons'" horse in Материалы по истории русских одежд и обстановки жизни народной Том I

cucuteni-trypillia pottery and 5th century BC Scythian royal tombs of Pazyryk saddle-cloth patterns

300-100BC Iron Age horse bit from the British isles (also inspiration for earrings)

circa 2500 BC Sumerian headpiece and jewelry from the royal cemetery of Ur

Assyrian fringe shawl design based on the 8th century BC low-reliefs of the Khorsabad palace

Hallstatt culture amber necklace

necklace from Güttingen middle Bronze Age (1500 BC) depot

Tumulus culture Bronze Age spiral armbands

lyre based on greek red figure pottery × Hallstatt culture depictions

1st cent. BC/1st cent. AD silver Dacian necklace (used here as a coat-link)