Pazyryk carpet
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The Pazyryk carpet is an ancient, remarkably well-preserved wool pile carpet from a Scythian burial mound in Siberia, often considered the oldest known knotted carpet in the world.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Scythian artifact
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ancient carpet ⓘ archaeological artifact ⓘ knotted carpet ⓘ wool pile carpet ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Pazyryk culture
NERFINISHED
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Scythians NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borderDesign | multiple ornamental borders ⓘ |
| colorants | natural dyes ⓘ |
| countryOfDiscovery | Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culture | Scythian culture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| currentCity | Saint Petersburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| currentCountry | Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| currentLocation | State Hermitage Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | Sergei Rudenko NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveredDuring | Pazyryk kurgan excavations ⓘ |
| discoveredIn |
Altai Mountains
NERFINISHED
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Pazyryk burial mound NERFINISHED ⓘ Siberia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveryDate | 1940s ⓘ |
| displayedBy | Hermitage Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| estimatedDate |
4th century BCE
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5th century BCE ⓘ |
| foundInContextOf |
frozen tomb
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kurgan burial ⓘ |
| function |
floor covering
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prestige object ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | masterpiece of ancient textile art ⓘ |
| iconography |
deer
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griffins ⓘ horsemen ⓘ lotus motifs ⓘ |
| knotDensity | high knot density ⓘ |
| knotType | symmetrical knot ⓘ |
| material | wool ⓘ |
| notability | oldest known knotted carpet ⓘ |
| period | Iron Age NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| preservationState | remarkably well-preserved ⓘ |
| region | Altai region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedField |
archaeology of the Eurasian steppe
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textile history ⓘ |
| scholarlyDebate |
origin possibly Central Asian
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origin possibly Persian ⓘ |
| shape | rectangular ⓘ |
| significance |
evidence of advanced ancient textile technology
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important for history of carpet weaving ⓘ |
| technique | knotted pile ⓘ |
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