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Bronze Sarmates’ mirrors with the Han elements of Han dynasty from the southern european part of Russia

lee ji eun 1

1러시아 남부연방대학

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ABSTRACT

The bronze mirrors are one of the popular categories from the burials of Sarmates. In the south of european part of Russia there are not only local products but also imports. Moreover archaeologies had been finding some mirrors with unidentified root. Giving attention to scheme and ornaments of these mirrors and comparing them with Chinese mirrors, author can find their prototypes from the Han mirrors. Every attribution at our objects shows distinction of certain Chinese types. Otherwise Sarmates' mirrors could be classified by the forms of handles. And then forms of frames around the central handle or knob. Decoration is the one of important attribution to find the prototypes of the Sarmates' mirrors with Han elements. Mirrors with square frame and geometrical ornaments are thought to imitation of type TLV. Round frame and ornament like a bracken are considered that they have some similarity with the Han mirrors with four knobs and for beings. Symbols (characters), which are consisted in curved lines, are similar to Chinese hieroglyph on the mirror of type "sunshine (ri guang)". Others also have some elements, which were at the Han mirrors. It’s thought, that the types reflect the traits of time. Meanwhile it’s interesting to check that these kinds of mirrors from the south of Russia were not just copy the Chinese original, because there are some local traits.

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