Elena V. Toropova

Yaroslav the Wise Novgorod State University, Veliky Novgorod, Russia

E-mail: toropova_elena@mail.ru

Keywords: Novgorod land, Staraya Russa, silk, fabrics, ribbons, gold embroidery, archaeological context.

The article publishes fragments of silk fabrics with gold embroidery and gold-woven ribbons found in excavation area XI in Staraya Russa, Novgorod Region, in 1971 (works of the expedition under A.F. Medvedev). An analysis of reports, materials from the archive of A.F. Medvedev, and research literature made it possible to determine the archaeological context, completeness, and supposed time of falling of these unique finds into the cultural layer. The author challenges the validity of the interpretation and distribution of the artefacts by compositions during their second restoration in 2013.

DOI: 10.31857/S0869606325030177