MAIASP. 2022. No. 14 Mikhail Treister ( SOURCES OF METAL OF SILVER OBJECTS FROM BURIALS OF
NOMADS OF ASIAN AFTER THE RESULTS OF
ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND PB-PB ISOTOPIC STUDIES DOI: 10.53737/2713-2021.2022.21.32.004 Access
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The paper is devoted to the complex analysis of
silver objects from the
burial complexes of Asian Sarmatia of the 2nd century BCE — 3rd century
CE, representing both typological and cultural-historical analysis of these
items in combination with the
study of the isotopic composition of Pb in order to try to answer questions not only about
possible centers of the manufacture of objects, but also of the sources of
the metal. Pb-Pb data were
obtained using inductively coupled plasma multicollector
mass spectrometry (MC-ICP-MS) carried out in the Laboratory of isotopic
geochemistry and geochronology of the The overwhelming majority of the objects are dated
within the 1st century BCE — 1st century CE time span. The stylistic features
of the items indicate that their origin is associated with several production
centers: 1) the workshops of the ancient cities of the North Pontic region, first of all, the Bosporan
Kingdom; 2) workshops located in Asia Minor or in the Eastern Mediterranean;
3) round-bottomed goblets and some of the phalerae
of horse-harness should be attributed to the products of Sarmatian
craftsmen, most probably manufactured both in the Lower Volga and in the
Kuban region; 4) a neck guard of the helmet of the East Celtic type,
secondary used as a breastplate of horse-harness, is undoubtedly the product
of the Celtic (Taurisci) workshop, located
in the territory of modern Slovenia. The 17 silver items demonstrate substantial
heterogeneity in terms of the Pb isotopic
composition. The values of 206Pb/204Pb, 207Pb/204Pb
and 208Pb/204Pb ratios vary in the ranges: from 18.07
to 19.41, from 15.60 to 15.75, and from 38.3 to 40.4 respectively. The large
variation (ν206/204 = 1.4%, ν207/204 = 0.2%, and ν208/204 = 1.2%) can be explained by the origin of the metal from several ore
provinces located in the Black Sea region, Asia Minor and the |
Key words: Nomads,
Asian Sarmatia, silver vessels, details of armor, horse equipment, belt sets and of
ceremonial furniture, typology,
chronology, stylistic features, distribution, centers of manufacture, Pb isotopic
data, sources of silver, ore provinces. |
Received
April 08, 2022 Accepted
for publication April 23, 2022 |
About the authors: Treister Mikhail ( E-mail: mikhailtreister@yahoo.de Chugaev Andrey ( E-mail: vassachav@mail.ru |