Tavka Kurgan

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Tavka Kurgan
Tavka Kurgan
Termez Shirabad Tavka Kurgan (Fortress) 5th-6th cent CE.jpg
Fortress of Tavka Kurgan, near Shirabad, Termez. 5th-6th cent CE
Tavka Kurgan is located in West and Central Asia
Tavka Kurgan
Shown within West and Central Asia
Alternative nameTavka Kurgan
LocationUzbekistan
Coordinates37°43′01.9″N 66°59′47.6″E / 37.717194°N 66.996556°E / 37.717194; 66.996556Coordinates: 37°43′01.9″N 66°59′47.6″E / ��37.717194°N 66.996556°E / 37.717194; 66.996556
TypeSettlement
Site notes
ConditionRuined

Tavka Kurgan is an ancient fortress and archaeological site near Shirabad, Uzbekistan. It is especially famous for some frescoes dated to the 5th-6th century CE, several of them located in the Archaeological Museum of Termez.[1][2] One of these paintings, the so-called "Princess of Tokharistan", is actually thought to represent a hunter.[3]

The paintings of Tavka Kurgan were excavated by the Uzek archaeologist Šojmardon Raxmanov.[4] They are of very high quality, and are closely related to other paintings of the Tokharistan school such as Balalyk tepe, Adžina-tepe and Kala-i Kafirnigan, in the depiction of clothes, and especially in the treatment of the faces.[4]

  • Tavka Kurgan wall painting. 5th-6th century CE. Archaeological Museum of Termez

  • Tavka Kurgan wall painting. 5th-6th century CE. Archaeological Museum of Termez

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  1. ^ Lovell-Hoare, Sophie; Lovell-Hoare, Max. Uzbekistan. Bradt Travel Guides. p. 171. ISBN 978-1-84162-461-7.
  2. ^ Ibbotson, Sophie; Lovell-Hoare, Max. Uzbekistan. Bradt Travel Guides. p. 189. ISBN 978-1-78477-017-4.
  3. ^ "Most striking is the fragmented mural found at Tavka Kurgan in Shirabad and entitled 'Princess of Toharistan' . It is actually believed to be a hunter , painted in rich orange , blue and white , with striking eyes preserved so well they belie their age – 1500 years old." in Uzbekistan: The Golden Road to Samarkand. Odyssey. p. 2019. ISBN 978-962-217-795-6.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b Grenet, Frantz (15 May 2004). "Tavka (k istorii drevnix tamožennyx sooruženij Uzbekistana). Taškent-Samarkand, Izd. A. Kadyri / Institut Arxeologii A.N. Uzb, 141 p., 68 ill. + 13 pl. couleurs h.-t. (Texte bilingue ouzbek-russe, résumé en anglais). [Tavka (contribution à l'histoire des anciens édifices frontaliers de l'Ouzbékistan)]". Abstracta Iranica. Revue bibliographique pour le domaine irano-aryen (in French) (Volume 25). ISSN 0240-8910.

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