BRACELETS OF THE CLASSICAL ANTIQUITY PERIOD FROM NARGIZAVA AND MOLLAISAGLI SITES (based on the Artifacts of the National Museum of History of Azerbaijan)
Keywords:
Classical Antiquity,, Azerbaijan archaeology,, bronze bracelets,, metal artwork,, , zoomorphic style.Abstract
The paper is dedicated to the comparative study of metal bracelets, belonging to the Classical Antiquity period, found in MollaisaglÕ and Nergizava archaeological sites of Shirvan region. The research was conducted in the Archaeological Fund of the Azerbaijan National History Museum, where these items are currently stored. The majority of the items under study are made of bronze. The bracelets were classified and divided into 5 classes according to the cross section criteria. Manufacturing techniques of similar bronze objects were examined and issues of the semiotics of their ornaments were studied. Some of the bracelets were researched and published here for the first time. The bracelets of different forms, decorated with different ornaments that were found in these sites, play an important role in the study of the material culture of the Caucasian Albania.
