Description
Rams and sheep (Ovis aries) constituted the main livelihood of Eurasian nomads and, as such, symbolize fertility and wealth. The ring is also decorated by images of opposing fantastic birds, tulips and an S-element – all found in the same carpet.
Some researchers suggest that the S symbolizes a serpent or dragon, deriving ultimately from Chinese dragon motifs. Others suggest that S-shaped ornaments resemble a funnelled flow of water and thus hint at a settleddown, ameliorated way of life or, according to other interpretations, at fertility and immortality.
Fantastic birds denote heaven and immortality.
