ABOUT SOME DECORATIVE MOTIFS IN THE STYLE OF CLOISONNÉ INLAY ON WEAPONS AND HORSE EQUIPMENT OF THE NORTHERN BLACK SEA REGION DURING THE GREAT MIGRATION PERIOD
О некоторых мотивах декора в стиле перегородчатой инкрустации в конском снаряжении Северного Причерноморья в эпоху Великого переселения народов
Résumé
Some motifs of inlay decoration on items of weapons and horse equipment from the Northern
Black Sea region of the Great Migration Period are considered. They belong to the Mediterranean
tradition and are probably of early Byzantine origin. In general, the inlay ornament and the
nature of the processing of some inlay stones (with relief decoration) are typical for products of
Mediterranean workshops. These decorative elements are typical of decorations made using the
technique of cloisonné inlay, which were common in both Hunnic and post-Hunnic times. The
“iconography” of the ornament of these items is very diverse, which indicates that they were made
to order. Two things need to be emphasized. Firstly, the eastern parallels of the considered motifs
of the inlay style indicate, if not their direct origin, then at least the significant contribution of the
artistic traditions of the Near and Middle East to the Roman / Byzantine Mediterranean jewelry.
And secondly, individual items, such as the sword guard from Taman, indicate the possible origin of
some weapons from workshops in the Western Mediterranean, which may be associated with some
episodes in the history of the Cimmerian Bosporus in the 6th century.
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