MEDIEVAL MIRRORS FROM THE COLLECTION OF ALTAI STATE MUSEUM OF LOCAL LORE

DOI_disc_logo https://doi.org/10.14258/tpai(2021)33(2).-13
Keywords: metal mirrors, Middle Ages, museum, Altai, archaeological sites, China, chronology

Abstract

The article presents the characteristic of medieval metal mirrors in the collection of the Altai State Museum of Local Lore (Barnaul). The analysis of three items (two fragments and one complete product) has been carried out. The authors reviewed the history of the formation of this small collection, and also provided a detailed description of each mirror. It has been established that the find from the Kirillovka-V complex is a part of an eight-bladed artifact, which, judging by the recorded characteristics, is an original Chinese mirror of the late Tang time. The fragment discovered during the excavations of the Khoroshonok-I necropolis has no analogies in the sites of North and Central Asia. The dating of both designated objects is determined by the last centuries of the 1st millennium AD. The third mirror was made during the Yuan Dynasty and belongs to a very rare type of product. The analysis of the considered group of objects from the Altai State Museum of Local Lore collection demonstrates a significant informational potential for further study of metal mirrors from museum collections, some of which have not yet been published and are not included in the context of modern research.

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Author Biographies

Nikolai N. Seregin, Altai State University

Doctor of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of Archaeology, Ethnography and Museology of the Altai State University

Elena A. Narudtseva, Altai State Museum of Local Lore

Senior Researcher, Altai State Museum of Local Lore

Agniya N. Chistyakova, Novosibirsk State Pedagogical University

Candidate of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of Theory, History of Culture and Museology, Novosibirsk State Pedagogical University

Svyatoslav S. Radovsky, Altai State University

Senior Laboratory Assistant at the Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography of Altai, Altai State University

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Published
2021-07-02
How to Cite
Seregin N. N., Narudtseva E. A., Chistyakova A. N., Radovsky S. S. MEDIEVAL MIRRORS FROM THE COLLECTION OF ALTAI STATE MUSEUM OF LOCAL LORE // THEORY AND PRACTICE OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH, 2021. Vol. 33, № 2. P. 226-242 DOI: 10.14258/tpai(2021)33(2).-13. URL: https://journal.asu.ru/tpai/article/view/9807.
Issue
Vol 33 No 2 (2021)
Section
MUSEUM COLLECTIONS

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