У статті проаналізовано коштовні предмети
з колекції В. Н. та Б. І. Х аненків, що мовбито походять з кургану Огуз. Робиться висновок про беззаперечне походження з Огузу тільки предметів оздоблення кінського спорядження. Значну частину інших предметів (оббивку дерев’яної чаші, прикраси, пластини-аплікації), вірогідно, знайдено в інших степових курганах, а, можливо, й в некрополях античних міст, пограбованих копачами на
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Twenty six precious items from the Varvara and Bohdan
Khanenko collection discovered in the Oguz kurgan
(Lower Dnieper region) are analyzed in the paper.
These items were found by peasants in the fall of 1901
in the destroyed part of the kurgan and ended up to the
hands of antiquities traders. Now these items are kept
in the Museum of Historical Treasures of Ukraine.
The study of objects made us possible to conclude
that only decorative items for horse equipment were
of unconditional origin from Oguz kurgan (fig. 1—2).
These items complement the finds that are kept in the
State Hermitage (Sankt-Peterburg, Russia) and also
come from the Oguz kurgan. Together they are four
completes sets of decoration of horse bridle of so-called
Chertomlyk type. Some round plaques (fig. 1: 4—5)
were used for saddles decoration. The total number of
such plaques indicates that 9 or 10 saddles were found.
This determines the total number of horses buried in
the Central tomb of the Oguz kurgan. The cone (fig. 2)
served as a decoration for the horse’s neck. Five more
such items are kept in the State Hermitage. They were
found only in the Oguz kurgan.
The significant part of other items (upholstery of a
wooden bowl, jewelry, appliquйs (fig. 3) were probably
found by peasants in other steppe kurgans which were
robbed by diggers at the beginning of the 20th century.
Two small appliquйs (fig. 3: 5—6) probably come from
the necropolises of ancient Greek colonies, possibly
Chersonesos.
Unfortunately, almost all items from old or modern
private collections lose the historical context in which
they were found. Probably, some items (fig. 1: 6—9; 3:
3—4, 7—8) were «restored» by antiquities dealers and,
as a result, lost their authentic appearance.
