ДВОЕН ВИСЯЩ ПЕЧАТ ОТ РЕГИОНА НА ПРЕСЛАВ СЪС ЗООМОРФНИ ИЗОБРАЖЕНИЯ
DOUBLE HANGING SEAL FOUND IN PRESLAV REGION WITH ZOOMORPHIC IMAGES

Summary/Abstract: The single and double seals, a work of the material culture of the early Bulgarian Middle Ages, are a subject that has aroused research interest since the last century. Although there is no specific monographic study on this theme, the numerous publications of finds originating from medieval settlements and fortresses, as well as the publication of acciden-tal finds, are a good base for observations on some important issues related to this type of monuments. Some of them are related to the origin and place of production, the semantics of the pictorial motifs, their chronology and distribution. The popular zoomorphic and anthro-pomorphic subjects that are found on most of them are primarily the property of those seals that have been found on our lands. Among the subjects there are popular ones and those that are less common, and some of the images are downright unique and have been witnessed only on single finds. An example of this is the current double seal on the sealing surfaces, on which a griffin and a rhinoceros are depicted. Apart from their purely utilitarian meaning, these objects had a protective function, which was attracted by the choice of images and the belief in their power.

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