RUSSIAN ARCHAEOLOGY - JEWELLERY FROM OLD RYAZAN IN THE COLLECTION OF THE STATE HISTORICAL MUSEUM

Svetlana A. Avdusina^a^,#

^aThe State Historical Museum, Moscow, Russia

Keywords: archaeology, hoards, jewellery, Rus, Middle Ages, Old Ryazan.

The article publishes jewellery from Old Ryazan stored in the State Historical Museum. The first of the objects discussed is a golden plate, which has long been considered a setting for a cross. The author concludes that the plate was used as a fibula or a brooch. Further, items related to the hoard of 1937/1950 are considered. The paper offers analogies to these objects from a number of other Rus towns and analyzes them. Most of the parallels are found among the products originating from Old Ryazan hoards. The results of studying the chemical composition of all silver items from the hoard show that they were made of high-grade metal. A comparison of the obtained data with similar ones for Old Ryazan hoard No. 17 shows that the silver of this hoard belongs mostly to the same high standard as the items from the 1937/1950 Old Ryazan hoard. It is concluded that most of the hoard goods were made by local craftsmen.

DOI: 10.31857/S0869606322020040