Konstantin V. Gorlov* and Ivan I. Eremeev**

Institute for the History of Material Culture RAS, St. Petersburg, Russia

*E-mail: konstantinv.gorlov2018@yandex.ru
**E-mail: eremeev_iimk@mail.ru

Keywords: Ryurikovo Gorodishche, pendent seals, cultural layer, princes of Rus, tamga.

In 2015–2016, during excavations at Ryurikovo Gorodishche, the Novgorod regional expedition of the Institute for the History of Material Culture RAS obtained a collection of five lead official seals and half of a blank for manufacturing those. The finds of four bullae belong to a group with images of saints on both sides, the fifth one contains an image of a saint on one side and a princely insignia (tamga) on the reverse. During the works, it was possible to uncover and study a section of rich in finds and well-stratified cultural layer, as well as part of the matrix complex, which accidentally remained unexcavated during the 1980s works at Gorodishche. Of extreme importance is the finding of one seal during the investigations in these unexplored strata. Other bullae were recorded on the shallows of the Siversov Canal or in a redeposited layer.

DOI: 10.31857/S0869606325030166