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Historical Archive: Moshchevaya Balka burial mound
northwestern Caucasus, Karachayevo-Cherkessk Republic
"Adygo-Alanian tribes," eighth-ninth century
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum
New York Metropolitan Museum of Art (possibly from region rather than specific site)
Hermitage objects with person for scale |
man's caftan, Syrian silk/fur, 9th c., 140 cm (55") long, Hermitage КЗ-6584 |
Hermitage caftan: senmurv |
Hermitage caftan: senmurvs in roundels |
pheasants, Byzantine silk, early 9th c., Hermitage КЗ-6618 |
man's headdress in helmet form, 8th c. Sogdian silk/linen/wood/leather, height 50 cm (19.7"), Hermitage КЗ-4576 |
headdress: silk pattern, birds? |
headdress: textile joins with frog (similar to button) |
headdress: wooden spike |
plaque, copper alloy and glass? |
woman's cape, 8th-9th c. Sogdian silk/flax/linen, Hermitage K3-6707 |
woman's cape: silk insert |
woman's cape: oblique from right |
eagle: bronze ring, 9th c., Hermitage K3-7787 |
bronze ring, oblique band |
covered or double cup? Hermitage |
caftan, linen/silk samit, 7th-9th c., length 144.8 cm (57"), Met 1996.78.1 |
Met caftan back, with side slits to accommodate horse riding |
Met caftan side, not available in high resolution |
Met caftan edge strip, viewer's right side of front, with selvedge, not available in high resolution |
Met caftan edge strip, joining of two pieces |
Met caftan edge strip, bottom of back |
Met caftan and leggings |
leggings, silk with linen feet, 7th-9th c., Met 1996.78.2a, b |
leggings, silk: stylized confronted boars' heads, possibly local imitation of Sogdian silks |