On the Study of the Scenes of Torment in the Art of People of Pazyryk Culture Based on Materials from Kurgan 11 of the Berel Graveyard in the Kazakh Altay

• Published in: Archaeology and Early History of Ukraine
• Main Authors: Bazarbayeva, G.А., Jumabekova, G.S.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Інститут археології НАН України 2021
• Subjects: Образ у скіфів; Tuva; permafrost
• Online Access: http://dspace.nbuv.gov.ua/handle/123456789/187544; https://doi.org/10.37445/adiu.2021.04.08

In this paper, we present the analysis of the scene from a saddle cover found in kurgan 11 of Berel (4th— 3rd centuries BC). This material was first published in the Povolzhskaya Arkheologiya journal (Алтынбеков и др. 2019; Джумабекова, Базарбаева 2019). Here, we provide new data based on the analysis of the informative elements of the animal images and broaden the range of the analogies. In the archeology of the Early Iron Age of the eastern part of Eurasia, materials from permafrost mounds are of great importance. They allow to clarify in many respects various elements of material culture of the population living in the region. The state of preservation of the contents of the tomb can be compared with ethnographic exhibits. In 1998—1999 international expedition of the Institute of Archeology. A. H. Margulan under the leadership of Z. Samashev studied the mound 11 cemetery Berel (4—3 centuries BC) in the Kazakh Altai, which preserved the lens of permafrost. The peculiarity of the excavations was that the contents of the burial chamber were removed in separate blocks for further study in the laboratory. Cabinet research was conducted in the winter of 2000. Since then, part of the material was stored in a freezer in the research and restoration laboratory «Island of Crimea». Under the leadership of K. Altynbekov, organic artifacts were gradually restored and preserved. A recent discovery by laboratory staff was the discovery of the remains of a saddle cover embroidered with a scene of torture by four ungulate predators. This material was first published in 2019 in the journal «Volga Archeology ». This article provides materials that significantly complement the above analysis. The range of analogies has been expanded. In the interpretation of certain zoomorphic images, emphasis is placed on ornamental elements. In particular, stylized images of spiral curls found in materials from monuments of Central Asia: in the Altai, Tuva, Ordos were analyzed in detail. The analyzed plot on the saddle cover from Berel is ...