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Эпиграфические и изобразительные материалы из могилы Ань Цзя (предварительное сообщение)
Epigraphic and pictorial materials from the An Jia tomb (preliminary report)

Author(s): Maria Andreevna Kudinova, Sergey Aleksandrovich Komissarov, Aleksandr Ivanovich Soloviev
Subject(s): History, Archaeology, 6th to 12th Centuries, Migration Studies
Published by: Издательский дом Stratum, Университет «Высшая антропологическая школа»
Keywords: China; Central Asia; Northern Zhou; Sogdians; Turks; An Jia; funerary rite; reliefs; epitaph; Silk Road;

Summary/Abstract: The article presents materials of An Jia tomb, one of the early medieval Sogdian burials in China. A description of the burial complex is offered, descriptions of the painted reliefs of the stone burial couch and a stone panel above the tomb door, as well as the complete commented translation of the epitaph of the deceased are provided. Two versions of interpretation of stone reliefs’ semantics are proposed: an idealized report on the earthly life to higher powers or ideas about the afterlife. The identification of specific features of the funerary rite, the stylistic and semantic analysis of images on reliefs in comparison with epigraphic data confirm the thesis about the syncretic nature of the studied complex, which combined elements of the Zoroastrian, Confucian, and Buddhist religious and worldview traditions.

  • Issue Year: 2022
  • Issue No: 6
  • Page Range: 439-456
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Russian