Mirror from the Golden Horde Period Excavated at the Ancient Town atop of the Plateau of Eski-Kermen
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20466848 |
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| Authors | Anna Antipenko (0000-0002-8699-3132, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 52 |
| Pages | 291-301 |
| Publication date | 2024-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Античная древность и средние века (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0320-4472 • E-ISSN: 2687-0398 |
| Publisher | Ural Federal University (PUBLISHER • RU) |
| DOI | 10.15826/adsv.2024.52.017 |
| OpenAlex | W4405824494 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 2 |
This article analyzes the metal mirror excavated at the plateau of Eski-Kermen, from grave 16/2022 of the fourteenth-century cemetery located in front of the main basilica church. The remains of the burials of a woman and a child have been unearthed at the bottom of the grave. The metal mirror in question was found at the southern wall of the grave. This mirror features metal disc showing a pair of fishes swimming in the same direction. The given artefact meets with the analogies from the sites of the sedentary and nomadic populations located in the regions that appeared under the control of the Golden Horde. The scene of a pair of fishes was borrowed from China; in the second half of the thirteenth and fourteenth century it became one of the most popular images on mirrors. Most likely, the mirror under study was cast in a clay mould, as the back side decoration is smoothed, and the surface in between of the images is rough and porous. The artefact is made of tin-lead bronze with high content of tin (23%), well correlating with the results of elemental analysis of the mirrors from the Golden Horde Period found in other territories. This alloy composition supplied silver-like colour of the ware and allowed the artisans to polish the front side
Aesthetics · Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Ancient Near East History · History · History and Cultural Heritage · Mathematics · Metallurgy and Cultural Artifacts · Geology
| Highly cited | No |
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