Details of the lamellar armour of the mongolian time from the Hovd museum

The article considers the non-numerous protective details of an iron armour in the form of ashoulder strap and the fragment of a sleeve, important for studying of defensive arms at the boundaryof the developed and late Middle Ages. The published objects are stored in the museum of Hovd (theHovd Aimag, Mongolia). The place of their detection and circumstance of their obtaining by the museumare unknown to the authors. Emphasis is made on the detailed descriptions of the form, design andparameters of products with demonstration of necessary illustrative materials. The authors offer the circleof analogies which allow them to allocate the general and special signs of the same copies and alsoto define an origin, time of an existing and ethnocultural accessory of these rare finds. Emergence ofthe considered products is related with further development of the Mongolian tradition of production oflamellar armors from the wrong side of the soft basis enriched in the 2nd half of 14th century with newsamples for protection of soldiers` hands. Consideration is given to the reconstruction of the arrangementand fastening of protective details from the Hovd museum as a part of the armour. The authors supposethat these products belong to the armor of cavalry. Their use was the most effective in the close fight onsabers. There are exhibits of other periods of history in the archaeological collection of the Hovd museumthat demands detailed studying

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