Abstract
An iron cauldron was found by residents of the village Verkh-Beloanuy of the Altai Republic in stone deposits near the foot of the mountain. The boiler has a straight body tapering towards the bottom and a rounded bottom. The vessel is made of several forged metal plates of various sizes and configurations, joined together with metal rivets. The boiler belongs to the suspended type, although its handle has not survived. Iron riveted cauldrons of various shapes and sizes were used in Altai from the ancient Turkic to the ethnographic time. Although they are quite a rare find. The cauldron from Verkh-Beloanuy dates back to the 17th-18th centuries. According to the local population, the cauldron was a helmet and could belong to the mythical Altai hero Sartakpay. In the legends of the Altaians, Sartakpay was the builder of bridges, roads, gave them agriculture and literacy. He possessed immense growth and gigantic strength. Legends about Sartakpay survive in Altai to the present day. Keywords: Gorny Altai, late Middle Ages, Altai ethnography, iron boiler, modern mythology of the Altai
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