Introduction
N. V. Fedorova recently wrote about the need for a complete publication of the corpus of Trans-Ural finds representing the silver of Volga Bulgaria and its adjacent territories [2003]. This article responds to this call and introduces a number of products found in 2003-2005 in the Shuryshkarsky district of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District. Some of them were part of the cult paraphernalia of the northern Khanty, others - in the village. Shuryshkary from local residents.
Description of finds
1. A shield with a floral ornament (Fig. 1). Found by N. G. Rochev in the 1970s on the bank of the Sor river near the village. Shuryshkary. Silver, embossed on the matrix. Size: 13.2*7.8 cm. The shield is an oval plate, slightly bent along the long axis, with the edges bent on the reverse side, which clamp a copper wire with a diameter of 2 mm, which plays the role of a frame. The front side has preserved traces of gilding. Two pairs of holes are roughly punched in the edges of the plate from the turn. On the reverse side of the shield with a thin cutting tool, drawings are made: an anthropomorphic figure and two fish (Fig. 2).
Two similar shields are known, also purchased in the village. Shuryshkars; one of them is kept in the Tobolsk State Historical and Architectural Museum-Reserve (TGIAMZ) [Syrkina, 1983, p. 191, fig. 10], the other - in the Shemanovsky Museum and Exhibition Complex (MVK, Salekhard). N. V. Fedorova refers the latter to the products of Volga Bulgaria of the XII-XIV centuries [Treasures of the Ob region..., 2003, p. 71].
2. A shield with images of animals, fish, and anthropomorphic figures (Fig. Found ML. Istomin in 1973 on the bank of the Sor river near the village. Shuryshkary. Silver, gilding, black, engraving. Size: 12.3*7.3 cm. The shape of the shield is the same as the one described above. In the edges of the face plate, two pairs of holes are roughly punched on the long sides and one on the short side.
The central oval is formed by a nar ...
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