Ainur I. Tuzbekov^1,*, Dim Z. Gizzatov^2,**, Egor V. Bersenev^1,***, and Ilshat I. Bakhshiev^1,****

¹R.G. Kuzeeva Institute of Ethnological Research, Ufa Federal Research Centre RAS, Ufa, Russia
²Eurasian Museum of Nomadic Civilizations, Ufa, Russia

*E-mail: aituzbekov@gmail.com
**E-mail: arhnpc@mail.ru
*** E-mail: egor215@bk.ru
****E-mail: ibahsh@gmail.com

Keywords: Bashkir Urals, bone carving, horseman image, use-wear analysis, 3D model, Golden Horde.

The article examines a bone mount depicting a horseman, discovered in 2022 at the Podymalovo 1 settlement in the Bashkir Cis-Urals. The study introduces the results of the artefact analysis and reconstructs the weaponry of warriors from the Golden Horde period. The analysis revealed that the find was manufactured at a fairly high level of skill. The development of a 3D model of the mount made it possible to reconstruct the presumed appearance of a horseman including a sphero-conical helmet, a ringed camail, and a saber with a cross-shaped guard characteristic of the Turkic-Mongol warrior culture of the 14th–15th centuries AD. The find testifies to the cultural ties of the Bashkir Cis-Urals with the nomads of the Golden Horde. The research results expand the knowledge of the region’s military arts and craft traditions.

DOI: 10.7868/S3034577426020120