A new find of oriental silver from the Konda area is defined in the article as a monument of the Ural-Siberian circle and dates back to the IX-X centuries. The scene with the plot of gender-based violence is interpreted based on the text of the Sabhaparva, which tells about the suffering of the Pandava queen Draupadi and the deeds of Duhshasana, who won it in backgammon. The link connecting the Indian primary source with the Turkic environment of the Urals was the urban culture of pre-Arab Sogd, where the corresponding collision of "Sabhaparva "has not yet been recorded, but judging by the scenes from" Viratoparva " in the monumental painting of Panjikent, it is quite likely.
Key words: R. Konda, "Mahabharata", Draupadi's sufferings and Duhshasana's deeds.
On the Konda River (eastern slopes of the Urals), a round plate with a story medallion, carved from a silver dish, was found under random circumstances. Its diameter is 17.5 cm, medallion - 10.5 cm. Along the edge of the plate there are relief protrusions, knocked out from the reverse side of the dish until it is damaged. Before entering the burial site, the object was cut into narrow strips, similar to the plate found on the Yuribey River (Yamal), carved from a silver bowl of the IX century Ural-Hungarian circle, with the image of a crowned horseman with a hunting bird [Treasures of the Ob Region, 1996, cat. 55], which has a double in sokolnichy with a servant, depicted on a silver platter from Pochinka Utemilsky in the Vyatka province (Smirnov, 1909, No. 157; Darkevich, 1976, Tables 56, 4). According to the technique of manufacturing and the nature of gilding (traces have been preserved), the new find is close to these objects, as well as to the bowl with the image of a spearman rider found near Lake Baikal. Nanto (Yamal) near the Yuribey River (Treasures of the Ob Region, 1996, cat. 53), and several other silver products of the so-called Hungarian group (Darkevich, 1976, Table 56).
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