MAIASP. 2023. No. 15

Bakhyt Khasenova (Almaty, Kazakhstan), Gulnara Jumabekova (Almaty, Kazakhstan), Galiya Bazarbayeva (Almaty, Kazakhstan)

The trace of the Great Empire: a sculpture of the ancient Turkic era from the Tobol River region (Northern Kazakhstan)

DOI: 10.53737/1202.2023.66.21.016

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Pages: 529—541

A new find of stone sculpture of the ancient Turkic times (7^th — 8^th century) from Northern Kazakhstan is published, and the description and attribution of the find are given. The statue represents a stately figure of a sitting man. Such statues are quite rare in the Tobol River region; at the same time, they are markers of the area of the Western Turkic Khaganate. Hence, the sample of this kind of archaeological record is gradually replenished with finds, which enables reconstruction of a picture of cultural and historical processes in the steppe belt of Eurasia in the times of the early Turkic states. Taking into account the small number of findspots and sites of the ancient Turkic period in the region, which is due, among other things, to the agricultural development of land, each find of stone sculpture is of particular importance.

Key words: archaeology, Northern Kazakhstan, Tobol River region, Zharyk, ancient Turkic times, sculpture, high social status.

Received June 30, 2023.

Accepted for publication July 15, 2023.

About the authors:

Khassenova Bakhyt (Almaty, Kazakhstan). PhD (History), PhD (History), Chief Research Fellow, Margulan Institute of Archaeology

E-mail: alicar@inbox.ru

Jumabekova Gulnara (Almaty, Kazakhstan). PhD (History), Chief Research Fellow, Margulan Institute of Archaeology

E-mail: gdzhuma@mail.ru

Bazarbayeva Galiya (Almaty, Kazakhstan). PhD (History), Chief Research Fellow, Margulan Institute of Archaeology

E-mail: galiya2002@gmail.com