Metal Plaques from the Fortified Settlement Old Iskarra: Attribution and Subjects1

The article describes and attributes six tin plaques found in the north of Western Siberia, at a site held sacred by the Mansi. The study suggests that their motifs are associated with the figure of the Biblical King David, and proposes that these objects are of Russian origin, dating back to the initial period of the Russian advancement into Western Siberia in the early 16th century.