This celebrated vessel, made of electrum - an alloy of gold and silver, was found in the Kul-Oba burial-mound near Kerch in the Crimea. The typically Greek pattern in the lower part is evidence that the vessel was most probably created by a Greek craftsman in Panticapaeum for a noble Scythian client. Around the round body of the vessel above runs a frieze that contains seven figures of Scythians: six of them are placed in pairs, while the seventh, is depicted separately, stringing a bow. There are several interpretations of the images. According to the legend about the origins of the Scythians reported by Herodotus, the father of the Scythians was King Tagritai, born of the union of Earth and Sky. He had three sons: Kolaxai, Lipoxai and Aproxai. As he approached death Tarantai's thoughts turned to who should succeed him and he told his sons that the kingdom would pass to whichever of them could string his bow and put on his royal warrior's belt. The eldest son tried to string the bow, but it slipped from his grasp and struck him on the jaw; the second son injured his shin trying to tame the bow; and only the youngest son managed the task and thus became king.