What kinds of objects were included in the Ziwiye treasure?

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ziggurat — Iranian art and architecture Ziggurat at Choghā Zanbīl near Susa, Iran.

The Ziwiye treasure, discovered in a 7th-century BCE hilltop fortress in Iranian Kurdistan, consists of a collection of masterfully crafted gold objects. These items include:

An elaborate pectoral ornament
A bracelet featuring lions' heads
A torque (rigid necklace) adorned with lions' heads
A ram's head rhyton (drinking vessel)
Daggers
Various enrichments for furniture

These objects exhibit a diverse range of artistic styles, reflecting influences from Assyria, Syria, and Egypt, and are believed by some scholars to have belonged to a Scythian chief who held temporary rule over the Mannaean state.1