THE WOODEN BOX FROM THE URYSAY-2 COMPLEX (WESTERN KAZAKHSTAN, 5th CENTURY BCE): AN INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Lukpanova Y. Seitov A. Altynbekov K. Altynbekova E. Antonov M. Kaldybayeva G. Honda T. Sasaki Y. Kobayashi K. Shoda S.
2024Cimmeria Publishing
Materialy po Arkheologii i Istorii Antichnogo i Srednevekovogo Prichernomorya
2024#2024Issue 18105 - 126 pp.
The article is devoted to the study, restoration, and reconstruction of a poplar box originating from kurgan No. 13 of the Urysay-2 burial site. This box contained a set of ritual objects associated with a female “priestess”. The box was positioned behind the head of the deceased and was a low, square container with straight sides and a separate flat lid. The specific set of objects found in the box included a mirror, a cedar block, a “spoon” with traces of paint, a small organic vessel (leather? felt?), and silk fabric, supplemented by a small stone altar and a set of tools found nearby. During fieldwork, the box was removed in one block. Subsequently, an MRI scan was performed; a comprehensive set of procedures was conducted to identify the material of the finds, their physicochemical composition, conservation, and restoration; a 3D reconstruction of the box and the items was carried out.
box , burial , female “priestess” , kurgan , Sarmatians , Urysay-2
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West Kazakhstan Regional Museum of Local History, Nazarbayev Ave., 184, Uralsk, Kazakhstan
Margulan Institute of Archaeology, Dostyk Ave., 44, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Scientific Restoration Laboratory “Ostrov Krym”, Venetsianov St. 6/5, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Meiji University, Nakano 4-21-1, Tokyo, Nakano, 164-8525, Japan
Kanazawa University, Kakumamachi, Ishikawa, Kanazawa, 920-1192, Japan
Tohoku University, Katahira 2-1-1, Aoba Ward, Miyagi, Sendai, 980-8577, Japan
Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, Nijo 2-9-1, Nara, 630-8577, Japan
West Kazakhstan Regional Museum of Local History
Margulan Institute of Archaeology
Scientific Restoration Laboratory “Ostrov Krym”
Meiji University
Kanazawa University
Tohoku University
Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties
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