Egyptian Imports of 6th Century BC in the Materials of Forest-Steppe Scythia

Shramko, Iryna; Tarasenko, Mykola

doi:10.15407/skhodoznavstvo2022.89.139

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“…The Scythians were establishing relations with the local settled agricultural population, as well as with other contemporary ancient centres since the Archaic period. 112…”

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North Pontic crossroads: Mobility in Ukraine from the Bronze Age to the early modern period

Saag,

Utevska,

Zadnikov

et al. 2024

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The North Pontic region, which encompasses present-day Ukraine, was a crossroads of migration as it connected the vast Eurasian Steppe with Central Europe. We generated shotgun-sequenced genomic data for 91 individuals dating from around 7,000 BCE to 1,800 CE to study migration and mobility history in the region, with a particular focus on historically attested migrating groups during the Iron Age and the medieval period, such as Scythian, Chernyakhiv, Saltiv and Nogai associated peoples. We infer a high degree of temporal heterogeneity in ancestry, with fluctuating genetic affinities to present-day Western European, Eastern European, Western Steppe and East Asian groups. We also infer high heterogeneity in ancestry within geographically, culturally and socially defined groups. Despite this, we find that ancestry components which are widespread in Eastern and Central Europe have been present in the Ukraine region since the Bronze Age.

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“…The Scythians were establishing relations with the local settled agricultural population, as well as with other contemporary ancient centres since the Archaic period. 112…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

North Pontic crossroads: Mobility in Ukraine from the Bronze Age to the early modern period

Saag,

Utevska,

Zadnikov

et al. 2024

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Vitreous finds from the Iron Age archaeological complex at Bilsk (Ukraine) as evidence of trade by land and sea

Kolesnychenko,

Molinaro,

Yatsuk

et al. 2024

Journal of Cultural Heritage

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Мідний Кований Казан Ранньоскіфського Часу З Округи Більського Городища

Шрамко

2023

Arheologia

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In the article, for the first time, data on the accidental discovery of a thin-walled copper cauldron in the floodplain of the Stara Vorskla River (Left Bank Dnipro Forest-Steppe), in the nearest district of Bilsk fortified hillfort, are introduced into scientific circulation. On the basis of morphological and X-ray fluorescence analyses of the object, its place among other few similar finds in the territory of Forest-Steppe Scythia is shown, the connection with the Central Caucasian production centers, as well as the influence of Urartian art in the design of handles, are traced. Previously, the item was assigned to the first half of the 6th century BC. The rare artefact could have reached the left bank of the Dnipro with the nomads advancing to the Ukrainian forest-steppe through the Caucasus. The cauldron found differs in appearance from other similar artefacts and hasn’t had any exact analogues yet. However, the high rims and the probable presence of a low pallet may indicate a production tradition of Caucasian craftsmen. At the same time, the design of the figured overlays for fastening the handles in the shape of a stylised bird with spread wings definitely points to the Urartian (East Asian) cultural tradition. The technique of making cauldron attachments, with a perpendicularly placed, separately cast ring, used by Urartian foundries is indicative, which, at first glance, could suggest an Urartian import. Clarity is provided by the results of spectral analyses. According to the elemental composition of the metal, each of the three cauldrons known today with similar handle attachments, found in the territories of the Ukrainian forest-steppe, has a copper body and bronze handles with a significant content of lead (from 10 to 15%), which indicates the possibility of their manufacture in workshops, located on the southern slopes of the Caucasus Mountains, where at the end of the 8th—6th centuries BC there was a large centre for the production of various types of metal utensils. In our case, the attachments on the cauldrons were cast according to the local recipe, but based on Urartian prototypes. Based on the archaeological context and the results of RFA analyses of the metal of thin-walled cauldrons of the Early Scythian period, found in the territory of Forest-Steppe Scythia (Bilsk, Repiakhuvata Mohyla and Kruhlyk), it can be concluded that all of them were made in the first half of the 6th century BC in one of the Central Caucasian production centres by order and according to the taste of the nomadic elite. The possibility of Urartian craftsmen working in one of these production centres cannot be eliminated.

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Egyptian Imports of 6th Century BC in the Materials of Forest-Steppe Scythia

Cited by 6 publications

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North Pontic crossroads: Mobility in Ukraine from the Bronze Age to the early modern period

North Pontic crossroads: Mobility in Ukraine from the Bronze Age to the early modern period

Vitreous finds from the Iron Age archaeological complex at Bilsk (Ukraine) as evidence of trade by land and sea

Мідний Кований Казан Ранньоскіфського Часу З Округи Більського Городища

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