Stone Casting Moulds from the Muranka Burial Ground
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https://doi.org/10.24852/2587-6112.2026.3.233.237Keywords:
archaeology, Middle Volga region, Golden Horde, Muranka burial ground, V.N. Polivanov, stone casting mouldAbstract
The collection of the Ulyanovsk museum of regional studies includes two stone casting moulds that were discovered by V.N. Polivanov during the excavations of the Muranka burial ground in 1900. The main attention in the article is paid to the consideration of the casting mould, intended for casting various products, including a five-bead temple-ring. In the Middle Volga region, casting moulds for casting similar-type temple-rings come from the Bolgar craft complexes, dating back to the end of the XIII – XIV centuries. Along with three-bead temple-rings, Bolgar craftsmen also established the production of cast temple-rings with five beads. The published casting mould allows us to trace the influence of the craft traditions of the goldsmiths of the Golden Horde Bolgar on the craftsmen who worked in the Muranka settlement.
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