The four-petal almond rosette In Central Asia

The four-petal almond rosette In Central Asia

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Recent excavations by an international team of archaeologists at Usharal-Ilibalyk near Zharkent, Kazakhstan have revealed an extensive Church of the East (Syriac Christian) cemetery. Currently, more than 80 graves have been excavated with a current estimate of 500 total burials in the area. All the burials display homogeneous characteristics consistent with medieval Christian burial practice, including very few grave goods. One exception was a female burial which had a large amount of jewelry on the body. One artistic motif found on two silver bracelets and a ring was the four-petal almond rosette, a design with an artistic history beginning in ancient Egypt. This article traces this motif ’s development throughout the ancient Near East and its eventual adoption by Christians beginning in late antiquity throughout the entire medieval period across Christendom and now—as demonstrated by the excavations at Ilibalyk and other previous Central Asian archaeological sites— found along the trade routes of the so-called Silk Road as revealed at Ilibalyk. Christians appeared to adopt this design as a “reversible” or “ambiguous” image displaying both the floral motif as well as the image of the cross.

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