ITEMS OF ORIENTAL IMPORT FROM ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS IN CHERNIHIV GOLDEN HORDE’S TIME

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  О. Chernenko

Abstract

Chernihiv in the time of the Golden Horde is relatively unstudied. However, archaeological excavations in the past ten years have provided new material from this “dark” period. Among the finds, fragments of opulent eastern glass and ceramics deserve particular attention. The uncovered items are frequently dated with a large chronological margin (12th – 17th centuries), but there are exceptions. Archaeological investigations of the town’s fortified area in 2018 discovered fragments of a semifaience vessel with black and blue décor. Ju. Koval identified the item as originating in Iran in the second half of the 13th – 14th centuries. Such pieces appeared in Eastern Europe due to the presence of the Golden Horde. Another set of finds was a collection of thin high-quality glass vessel fragments with gold and enamel, decorated in floral and epigraphic ornaments of the Mamluks. Production of similar glass vessels in the 13th – 14th centuries centered around Syria and Egypt. From there, they found their way to the markets of Europe. Some pieces made their way to Eastern Europe. The Chernihiv fragments are likely to be from two glasses of the same type A, according to the classification of S. Kenesson, and from the same set. The vessels’ origin indicated that they went through either Chersonesus or the Caucasus and then along the trade routes on the rivers Don or Volga. Thus, the Chernihiv finds may be indicators of developing trade in these items during the Golden Horde period. It is equally possible that the finds were brought to Chernihiv by Horde’s representatives, who would have taken them for personal use. The limited quantity of the discovered glass makes the latter suggestion the most plausible.

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ChernenkoО. (2021). ITEMS OF ORIENTAL IMPORT FROM ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS IN CHERNIHIV GOLDEN HORDE’S TIME. The Oriental Studies, (87), 95-112. https://doi.org/10.15407/skhodoznavstvo2021.87.095
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Keywords

Golden Horde, oriental pottery, glass vessels, gold-painted, enamelled, Middle Eastern origin, Chernihiv

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