Archaeology, Ethnology & Anthropology of Eurasia 40 (2) 2012

Annotation:  The Upper Paleolithic Assemblages of Shugnou, Tajikistan Fish Bones in Odino Ritual Complexes at Preobrazhenka-6, Western Siberia Copper Mines, Chromite Copper Ores and Slags of the Ishkinino Bronze Age Archaeological Microregion, On the Origins of Decorative Traditions in the Early Bronze Age Pottery of the Middle Tobol Basin, W Suruktakh-Khaya Sanctuary, Yakutia, Revisited: Tentative Results and Prospects Early Iron Age Archer’s Finger Tab from the Eastern Amur Region Medieval (9th–13th Century) Combs from Northwestern Siberia The Masoleums of Majar in 18th-Century Descriptions and Drawings Qasar-Qurug: Western Headquarters of the Uighur Khagans and the Problem of Por-Bazhyn Identifi catio Grave Circle B at Mycenae in the Context of Links Between the Eastern Mediterranean and Scandinavia Tobolsk Enkolpion Traditional Perceptions of the Dog Among the Khakas People of the Late 19th–mid 20th Century Impact of Salmon Fishing on Livelihood and Social Relations Among the Ulchi and the Amur Nanai (Seco NULLEmotion, Identity, and Death in the Greek Tradition and Beyond On the Biological Affi nities of People of the “Lappish Parishes”: A Craniometric Analysis of the 17   

Tobolsk Enkolpion

A.V. Matveyev, O.M. Anoshko, and T.A. Alieva.Tobolsk Enkolpion

This article provides a detailed morphological and stylistic description of a gilded enkolpion (panagia) cast of copper, which was discovered during excavations in the upper trading quarter of Tobolsk, as well as providing circumstances of its discovery. It has been established that the enkolpion was produced by Moscow artisans. It belongs to a group of early copper cast enkolpia for traveling, which can be dated to the second half of the 16th – fi rst half of the 17th century or a slightly broader period of time. It has been suggested that the appearance of such a religious object in Tobolsk could have been associated with the establishment of a new diocese there in the early 17th century and with the presence of the fi rst Siberian and Tobolsk Archbishops in the town.

Keywords: Western Siberia, Tobolsk, copper casting, objects of Christian worship, traveling enkolpion.