Abstract
The article describes two pieces of decorated woolen tapestry discovered by the Russian-Mongolian expedition in a Xiongnu (early 1st century AD) burial at Noin-Ula mound 22, northeastern Mongolia, in 2012. One fragment shows a composition consisting of a line of fl owers surrounded by a “rolling wave” woven along the left edge, and bands of similar waves skirting the opposite side. The design on the other fragment mostly consists of fi ve bands with fl oral patterns separated by plain tawny stripes. Technologically, the fragments are close to woolen fabrics unearthed at Eastern Mediterranean cities such as Palmyra, Dura-Europos, and Masada. The designs resemble those on fabrics from early 1st millennium sites in Xinjiang–Shampula, Niya, and Loulan, as well as those on Syrian fabrics, especially those from Palmyra. However, the Noin-Ula fragments differ from their Palmyran and Xinjiang counterparts by a more expressive manner of rendering fl oral motifs. Based on the analysis of dyes, the original palette is reconstructed. Our analysis suggests that the cloth could have been manufactured at an Eastern Mediterranean tapestry workshop—one of those with a long-standing fame. The cloth was probably imported to Mongolian steppes together with other items along the southern branch of the Great Silk Road.
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The article describes two pieces of decorated woolen tapestry discovered by the Russian-Mongolian expedition in a Xiongnu burial at Noin-Ula mound 22, northeastern Mongolia, in 2012
Карпова / Археология, этнография и антропология Евразии, т. 44, No 4, 2016, с. 76–82 the fragments are close to woolen fabrics unearthed at Eastern Mediterranean cities such as Palmyra, Dura-Europos, and Masada
The designs resemble those on fabrics from early 1st millennium sites in Xinjiang–Shampula, Niya, and Loulan, as well as those on Syrian fabrics, especially those from Palmyra
Summary
В статье приводится развернутая характеристика двух фрагментов шерстяного гобелена, обнаруженных в 2012 г. российско-монгольской экспедицией в 22-м кургане памятника Ноин-Ула в Монголии (начало I в. н.э.). Российско-монгольской экспедицией в 22-м кургане памятника Ноин-Ула в Монголии В статье публикуются результаты изучения технологии изготовления ткани. 76–82 the fragments are close to woolen fabrics unearthed at Eastern Mediterranean cities such as Palmyra, Dura-Europos, and Masada. The designs resemble those on fabrics from early 1st millennium sites in Xinjiang–Shampula, Niya, and Loulan, as well as those on Syrian fabrics, especially those from Palmyra. Выполненная в гобеленовой технике, была обнаружена в Кондратьевском кургане в пади Цзурумтэ в горах Ноин-Ула, раскопанном в 1924 г. Исследователь считал, что определить место изготовления гобеленовой ткани, обнаруженной в хуннском кургане, пока нельзя из-за отсутствия достаточных данных, но, возможно, это была Малая Азия [Там же, с. Исследователь считал, что определить место изготовления гобеленовой ткани, обнаруженной в хуннском кургане, пока нельзя из-за отсутствия достаточных данных, но, возможно, это была Малая Азия [Там же, с. 110]
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