{"id":8984,"date":"2026-05-04T14:55:28","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T10:55:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ra.iaran.ru\/?page_id=8984"},"modified":"2026-05-04T14:57:35","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T10:57:35","slug":"unique-harness-mount-of-the-3rd-century-ad-from-the-kislovodsk-basin","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.ra.iaran.ru\/?page_id=8984&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"A UNIQUE HARNESS MOUNT OF THE 3RD CENTURY AD FROM THE KISLOVODSK BASIN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ra.iaran.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/\u041a\u043e\u0440\u043e\u0431\u043e\u0432_\u0438_\u0434\u04401.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-8985\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ra.iaran.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/\u041a\u043e\u0440\u043e\u0431\u043e\u0432_\u0438_\u0434\u04401-222x300.jpg\" alt=\"\u041a\u043e\u0440\u043e\u0431\u043e\u0432_\u0438_\u0434\u0440\" width=\"222\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ra.iaran.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/\u041a\u043e\u0440\u043e\u0431\u043e\u0432_\u0438_\u0434\u04401-222x300.jpg 222w, http:\/\/www.ra.iaran.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/\u041a\u043e\u0440\u043e\u0431\u043e\u0432_\u0438_\u0434\u04401-760x1024.jpg 760w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 222px) 100vw, 222px\" \/><\/a>Dmitry S. Korobov<sup>1,<\/sup>*, Evgenia V. Belkevich<sup>2,<\/sup>**, and Nikolay A. Mamonov<sup>2,<\/sup>*** <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><sup>1<\/sup>Institute of Archaeology RAS, Moscow, Russia<br \/>\n<\/em><em><sup>2<\/sup>State Historical Museum, Moscow, Russia<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>*E-mail:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:dkorobov@mail.ru?subject=\u041f\u0438\u0441\u044c\u043c\u043e%20\u0441\u0444\u043e\u0440\u043c\u0438\u0440\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043d\u043e%20\u043d\u0430%20\u0441\u0430\u0439\u0442\u0435%20&amp;quot;\u0420\u043e\u0441\u0441\u0438\u0439\u0441\u043a\u0430\u044f%20\u0430\u0440\u0445\u0435\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0433\u0438\u044f&amp;quot;\" target=\"_blank\">dkorobov@mail.ru<\/a><br \/>\n<\/em><em>**E-mail:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:belkevich_j@mail.ru?subject=\u041f\u0438\u0441\u044c\u043c\u043e%20\u0441\u0444\u043e\u0440\u043c\u0438\u0440\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043d\u043e%20\u043d\u0430%20\u0441\u0430\u0439\u0442\u0435%20&amp;quot;\u0420\u043e\u0441\u0441\u0438\u0439\u0441\u043a\u0430\u044f%20\u0430\u0440\u0445\u0435\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0433\u0438\u044f&amp;quot;\" target=\"_blank\">belkevich_j@mail.ru<\/a><br \/>\n<\/em><em>***E-mail:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:mamonov.nikalex@gmail.com?subject=\u041f\u0438\u0441\u044c\u043c\u043e%20\u0441\u0444\u043e\u0440\u043c\u0438\u0440\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043d\u043e%20\u043d\u0430%20\u0441\u0430\u0439\u0442\u0435%20&amp;quot;\u0420\u043e\u0441\u0441\u0438\u0439\u0441\u043a\u0430\u044f%20\u0430\u0440\u0445\u0435\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0433\u0438\u044f&amp;quot;\" target=\"_blank\">mamonov.nikalex@gmail.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Keywords: <\/strong>Northern Caucasus, early Alans, Podkumok-Khumara sites, harness mounts, XRF analysis.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>During archaeological excavations at the Levopodkumsky 1 mound cemetery located in Malokara\u00adchayevsky District of the Karachay-Cherkess Republic, a catacomb beneath the mound was uncovered. It contained a horse burial and an unusual set of grave goods dating to the mid-3rd century AD which have survived despite the complex being looted in ancient times. The form of the burial structure \u2013 a Type IV catacomb with parallel axes of the entrance pit and the chamber \u2013 is characteristic of the Pod\u00adkumok-Khumara cultural group. Among the finds was a unique harness mount made of two superimposed embossed plates with a tamga-like ornament, similar to those found among early Alanian antiquities. This publication introduces this burial complex, as well as analyzes the chemical composition of the elements in this mount and examines its manufacturing technique.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DOI: <\/strong>10.7868\/S3034577426010071<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dmitry S. Korobov1,*, Evgenia V. Belkevich2,**, and Nikolay A. Mamonov2,*** 1Institute of Archaeology RAS, Moscow, Russia 2State Historical Museum, Moscow, Russia *E-mail:\u00a0dkorobov@mail.ru **E-mail:\u00a0belkevich_j@mail.ru ***E-mail:\u00a0mamonov.nikalex@gmail.com Keywords: Northern Caucasus, early Alans, Podkumok-Khumara sites, harness mounts, XRF analysis. During archaeological excavations at the Levopodkumsky 1 mound cemetery located in Malokara\u00adchayevsky District of the Karachay-Cherkess Republic, a catacomb beneath [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":8970,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8984","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ra.iaran.ru\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8984","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ra.iaran.ru\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ra.iaran.ru\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ra.iaran.ru\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ra.iaran.ru\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8984"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.ra.iaran.ru\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8984\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8989,"href":"http:\/\/www.ra.iaran.ru\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8984\/revisions\/8989"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ra.iaran.ru\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ra.iaran.ru\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}