Pages: 301-323 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.55086/sp236301323
The article deals with textile finds from Scythian graves found on the left bank of the Lower Dniester. The study of textile and felt from this region was carried out for the first time. The study of woven fragments from five burials showed that they are the remains of linen linings of leather covers for bronze mirrors. It has been established that these covers could be decorated with embroidery or beads. Two other burials contained women’s headdresses. The remains of an almost complete, but extremely poor preserved headdress, sewn from linen and felt, made it possible to determine its shape and design. A fragment of a woven belt was preserved in another burial.
Keywords: Dniester region, Scythian graves, 4th—2nd centuries BC, archaeological textiles, linen, felt, headdress, mirror case
Information about authors:
Irina Elkina (Moscow, Russian Federation). Candidate of Historical Sciences. Institute of Archaeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Dmitry Ulyanov St., 19, Moscow, 117292, Russian Federation
E-mail: [email protected]
ORCID: 0000-0001-5092-9035
Vitalij Sinika (Tiraspol, Moldova). Doctor of Historical Sciences. Pridnestrovian State University named after T. G. Shevchenko. Pokrovskaia St., 128, Tiraspol, MD-3300, Moldova
E-mail: [email protected]
ORCID: 0000-0002-1621-9205