Нововідкрите підкурганне поховання другої половини Х — початку ХІ ст. біля Софії Київської

• Опубліковано в: : Археологія і давня історія України
• Дата: 2022
• Автори: Бобровський, Т.А., Козюба, В.К.
• Формат: Стаття
• Мова: Українська
• Опубліковано: Інститут археології НАН України 2022
• Теми: Танатологія
• Онлайн доступ: https://nasplib.isofts.kiev.ua/handle/123456789/187639
• Назва журналу: Digital Library of Periodicals of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
• Цитувати: Нововідкрите підкурганне поховання другої половини Х — початку ХІ ст. біля Софії Київської / Т.А. Бобровський, В.К. Козюба // Археологія і давня історія України: Зб. наук. пр. — К.: ІА НАН України, 2022. — Вип. 2 (43). — С. 283-296. — Бібліогр.: 22 назв. — укр.

Статтю присвячено публікації поховального
 комплексу, дослідженого авторами біля Софійського собору в Києві у 2021 р. На основі знахідок з комплексу, його характеру і стратиграфічних особливостей розкопане підкурганне поховання датоване
 часом близько 970—1000 років. In 2021, as part of the «Great Restoration» state program,
 the cobblestones around St. Sophia’s Cathedral
 in Kyiv were replaced. During these works, the archaeological
 exploration was carried out with the participation
 of authors, as a result of which the ancient burial
 was discovered and investigated.
 The dimensions of the burial pit were about 3 × (1—
 1.2) m. It had a depth of 1.6 m, and its bottom situated
 at a depth of 2.4 m from the modern surface.
 The remains of a rectangular wooden funeral construction
 were found below, assembled from boards
 and fastened with more than two dozen iron nails.
 Its overall dimensions are (2.2—2.7) × (0.6—0.64) m
 and a height of 0.5-0.55 m.
 The remains of two transverse wooden supports
 were recorded under the funeral construction. They
 had a triangular cross-section and lay edge down. Each
 of them was 0.7 m long and 0.15 m wide.
 The skeleton was lying on its back, oriented with
 its head on northwest. His bones, except for the skull,
 were preserved in a satisfactory condition.
 The billon jewelry such as the wire rings near the
 head and a ring on the little finger of the right hand,
 were found in the burial. The iron a knife with a wooden
 handle was located near the right knee. Also the
 two hemispherical bone buttons with carved decoration
 were discovered on the legs below the pelvic bones.
 Difference between ornaments, the technique of their
 execution, sizes and profiles of buttons found nearby
 Sophia Cathedral testifies to the fact that each of them
 made by various craftsmen.
 The buttons of a similar shape and ornament there
 are known from mounds in Chernihiv (Ukraine), Gniozdovo
 (Russia) and Nishapur (Iran).
 A segment of the barrow with a width of 1.25 m and
 a depth of 0.75 m was recorded a few meters from the
 burial trench. This made it possible to determine
 the approximate diameter of the mound above the
 burial like 5.5-6 m.
 Traces of the development of urban development of
 the beginning of the 11th century are recorded on the
 site of the mound. The next stage was in the 20s and
 30s of the 11th century, when the St. Sophia Cathedral
 was built, one of the apses of which was covered part of
 the territory of the mound. At the same time, one of the
 apses of the cathedral was covered part of the territory
 of the mound.
 Considering the historical context of the development
 of the ancient Kyiv mound necropolis, the mound
 discovered in 2021 near the northeastern corner of St.
 Sophia Cathedral can be dated to the second half of
 the 10th — beginning of 11th century, and most likely
 between 970 and 1000.