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Coordinates: 50°10′24″N 60°10′58″E / 50.17333°N 60.18278°E / 50.17333; 60.18278
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The mound (Zhylyoi "Araltobe" necropolis 1-mound) was excavated in 1999 in the [[Atyraw]] region by archaeologists Zeinulla Samashev and Zhumash Dzhetybaeva. They found the remains of a "Golden Man", who presents some parallels with similar "Golden men" found in [[Issyk kurgan]] or the kurgan at Shilikty.<ref name="ENN"/><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Beisenov |first1=Arman |title=Tasmola: A Ray of Gold, glittering in the Steppe. Samarkand. 2020. |journal=Самарканд |date=2020 |page=145 |url=https://www.academia.edu/44582246/Tasmola_A_Ray_of_Gold_glittering_in_the_Steppe_Samarkand_2020}}</ref>
The mound (Zhylyoi "Araltobe" necropolis 1-mound) was excavated in 1999 in the [[Atyraw]] region by archaeologists Zeinulla Samashev and Zhumash Dzhetybaeva. They found the remains of a "Golden Man", who presents some parallels with similar "Golden men" found in [[Issyk kurgan]] or the kurgan at Shilikty.<ref name="ENN"/><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Beisenov |first1=Arman |title=Tasmola: A Ray of Gold, glittering in the Steppe. Samarkand. 2020. |journal=Самарканд |date=2020 |page=145 |url=https://www.academia.edu/44582246/Tasmola_A_Ray_of_Gold_glittering_in_the_Steppe_Samarkand_2020}}</ref>


A long sword with T-shaped pommel was discovered during the excavation, a type of "Scythian sword" usually found in the [[Scythian]]/[[Saka]] kurgans in Central Asia and Eastern Europe, but also known from Sauromations burials as in tumulus no. 3 of the Onaibulak graveyard, tumulus no. 1 and 2 of the Mortik graveyard, or tumulus no. 1 of the Araltobe graveyard.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Sizdikov |first1=Bagdaulet S. |last2=Seraliyev |first2=Ali A. |title=Swords from Sauromato–Sarmatian Burial Mounds of Western Kazakhstan Analyzed |journal=Oriental Studies |date=26 December 2022 |volume=15 |issue=5 |pages=1110–1125 |doi=10.22162/2619-0990-2022-63-5-1110-1125 |url=https://kigiran.elpub.ru/jour/article/download/3990/2749}}</ref>
Long swords with T-shaped pommel and long swords with mushroom-shaped pommel were discovered during the excavation. These are types of "Scythian swords" usually found in the [[Scythian]]/[[Saka]] kurgans in Central Asia and Eastern Europe, but also known from Sauromations burials as in tumulus no. 3 of the Onaibulak graveyard, tumulus no. 1 and 2 of the Mortik graveyard, or tumulus no. 1 of the Araltobe graveyard.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Sizdikov |first1=Bagdaulet S. |last2=Seraliyev |first2=Ali A. |title=Swords from Sauromato–Sarmatian Burial Mounds of Western Kazakhstan Analyzed |journal=Oriental Studies |date=26 December 2022 |volume=15 |issue=5 |pages=1110–1125 |doi=10.22162/2619-0990-2022-63-5-1110-1125 |url=https://kigiran.elpub.ru/jour/article/download/3990/2749}}</ref>


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Araltobe barrow
Reconstruction of Sarmatian chieftain. Araltobe mount, Kazakhstan, III-II c. BCE. Excavation of Z. Samashev.[1][2]
Araltobe kurgan is located in Continental Asia
Araltobe kurgan
Shown within Continental Asia
Araltobe kurgan is located in Kazakhstan
Araltobe kurgan
Araltobe kurgan (Kazakhstan)
Coordinates50°10′24″N 60°10′58″E / 50.17333°N 60.18278°E / 50.17333; 60.18278
TypeKurgan

The Araltobe barrow is a burial ground found in Araltobe in northwestern Kazakhstan, thought to belong to a member of the Sarmatian culture, and dated to the 3rd-2nd century BCE.[2]

The mound (Zhylyoi "Araltobe" necropolis 1-mound) was excavated in 1999 in the Atyraw region by archaeologists Zeinulla Samashev and Zhumash Dzhetybaeva. They found the remains of a "Golden Man", who presents some parallels with similar "Golden men" found in Issyk kurgan or the kurgan at Shilikty.[2][3]

Long swords with T-shaped pommel and long swords with mushroom-shaped pommel were discovered during the excavation. These are types of "Scythian swords" usually found in the Scythian/Saka kurgans in Central Asia and Eastern Europe, but also known from Sauromations burials as in tumulus no. 3 of the Onaibulak graveyard, tumulus no. 1 and 2 of the Mortik graveyard, or tumulus no. 1 of the Araltobe graveyard.[4]

References

  1. ^ Ualikhanova, Aruzhan (22 April 2023). "Archeologists Discover Golden Artifacts in Abai Region's Bozai Burial Ground". The Astana Times.
  2. ^ a b c Noyanov, Edyl Noyanuly; Yernazar, Sergazy (2016). "THE "GOLDEN PEOPLE" OF KAZAKHSTAN" (PDF). WORLD SCIENCE: 46-47.
  3. ^ Beisenov, Arman (2020). "Tasmola: A Ray of Gold, glittering in the Steppe. Samarkand. 2020". Самарканд: 145.
  4. ^ Sizdikov, Bagdaulet S.; Seraliyev, Ali A. (26 December 2022). "Swords from Sauromato–Sarmatian Burial Mounds of Western Kazakhstan Analyzed". Oriental Studies. 15 (5): 1110–1125. doi:10.22162/2619-0990-2022-63-5-1110-1125.