Tavka Kurgan
Archaeological site in Uzbekistan
37°43′01.9″N 66°59′47.6″E / 37.717194°N 66.996556°E / 37.717194; 66.996556Tavka Kurgan is an ancient fortress and archaeological site near Shirabad, Uzbekistan. It is especially famous for some frescoes dated to the 5th-6th century CE, several of them located in the Archaeological Museum of Termez.[1][2] One of these paintings, the so-called "Princess of Tokharistan", is actually thought to represent a hunter.[3]
The paintings of Tavka Kurgan were excavated by the Uzek archaeologist Šojmardon Raxmanov.[4] They are of very high quality, and are closely related to other paintings of the Tokharistan school such as Balalyk tepe, Adžina-tepe and Kala-i Kafirnigan, in the depiction of clothes, and especially in the treatment of the faces.[4]
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Tavka Kurgan wall painting. 5th-6th century CE. Archaeological Museum of Termez -
Tavka Kurgan wall painting. 5th-6th century CE. Archaeological Museum of Termez
See also
- Dilberjin Tepe
References
- ^ Lovell-Hoare, Sophie; Lovell-Hoare, Max (2013). Uzbekistan. Bradt Travel Guides. p. 171. ISBN 978-1-84162-461-7.
- ^ Ibbotson, Sophie; Lovell-Hoare, Max (15 August 2016). Uzbekistan. Bradt Travel Guides. p. 189. ISBN 978-1-78477-017-4.
- ^ "Most striking is the fragmented mural found at Tavka Kurgan in Shirabad and entitled 'Princess of Toharistan' . It is actually believed to be a hunter , painted in rich orange , blue and white , with striking eyes preserved so well they belie their age – 1500 years old." in Uzbekistan: The Golden Road to Samarkand. Odyssey. 2008. p. 2019. ISBN 978-962-217-795-6.
- ^ a b Grenet, Frantz (15 May 2004). "Tavka (k istorii drevnix tamožennyx sooruženij Uzbekistana). Taškent-Samarkand, Izd. A. Kadyri / Institut Arxeologii A.N. Uzb, 141 p., 68 ill. + 13 pl. couleurs h.-t. (Texte bilingue ouzbek-russe, résumé en anglais). [Tavka (contribution à l'histoire des anciens édifices frontaliers de l'Ouzbékistan)]". Abstracta Iranica (in French). 25. doi:10.4000/abstractairanica.4213. ISSN 0240-8910.
Sources
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tavka Kurgan.
- Rakhmanov, Shaymardankul A. (19 May 2017). "Wall Paintings from Tavka, Uzbekistan". Journal of Inner Asian Art and Archaeology. 7: 31–54. doi:10.1484/J.JIAAA.4.2017003.
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