Two Cimmerian Steles from the North-West Black Sea Region
New finds of stone sculptures from the epoch of early nomads are quite rare. Therefore, the publication of such new sculptures of pre-Scythian times, besides, two more at once, should be of interest. Moreover, both steles were found in a very limited area of the North-Western Black Sea region and ea...
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2024-03-01
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| description | New finds of stone sculptures from the epoch of early nomads are quite rare. Therefore, the publication of such new sculptures of pre-Scythian times, besides, two more at once, should be of interest. Moreover, both steles were found in a very limited area of the North-Western Black Sea region and each of them has a unique iconography and a rather original repertoire of objects. The stele from Kairy village is a type of pillar-shaped sculpture. The most original image on it is a round shield with a very rich ornamental composition. The stele from Aleksandrovka belongs to the stele-slabs. This type of sculpture is possibly an intermediate link between purely phallomorphic (Cimmerian) and anthropomorphic (Scythian) sculptures. Since markers of relative chronology are columnar and slab steles – the first are early, the second – late, this may mean that in the upper reaches of the Tiligul estuary in a fairly limited area, the tradition of installing the Cimmerian sculptures persisted for quite a long time. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c1553f29010b452ea4ba4093bdc0c2be2024-04-02T02:14:45ZrusAcademy of Sciences of Tatarstan, A.Kh. Khalikov Archaeology InstituteПоволжская археология2306-40992500-28562024-03-01147869510.24852/pa2024.1.47.86.95Two Cimmerian Steles from the North-West Black Sea Region Bruyako Igor V. New finds of stone sculptures from the epoch of early nomads are quite rare. Therefore, the publication of such new sculptures of pre-Scythian times, besides, two more at once, should be of interest. Moreover, both steles were found in a very limited area of the North-Western Black Sea region and each of them has a unique iconography and a rather original repertoire of objects. The stele from Kairy village is a type of pillar-shaped sculpture. The most original image on it is a round shield with a very rich ornamental composition. The stele from Aleksandrovka belongs to the stele-slabs. This type of sculpture is possibly an intermediate link between purely phallomorphic (Cimmerian) and anthropomorphic (Scythian) sculptures. Since markers of relative chronology are columnar and slab steles – the first are early, the second – late, this may mean that in the upper reaches of the Tiligul estuary in a fairly limited area, the tradition of installing the Cimmerian sculptures persisted for quite a long time.http://archaeologie.pro/en/archive/47/917/archaeologynorth-west black sea regionpre-scythian periodthe cimmeriansstone sculptureobject repertoire |
| spellingShingle | Bruyako Igor V. Two Cimmerian Steles from the North-West Black Sea Region Поволжская археология archaeology north-west black sea region pre-scythian period the cimmerians stone sculpture object repertoire |
| title | Two Cimmerian Steles from the North-West Black Sea Region |
| title_full | Two Cimmerian Steles from the North-West Black Sea Region |
| title_fullStr | Two Cimmerian Steles from the North-West Black Sea Region |
| title_full_unstemmed | Two Cimmerian Steles from the North-West Black Sea Region |
| title_short | Two Cimmerian Steles from the North-West Black Sea Region |
| title_sort | two cimmerian steles from the north west black sea region |
| topic | archaeology north-west black sea region pre-scythian period the cimmerians stone sculpture object repertoire |
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