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Kurgan stelae

Kurgan stelae (sing. stele or stela), or balbals (Kyrgyz: балбал ; from Turkic word balbal meaning 'ancestor' or 'grandfather') are anthropomorphic stone stelae, images cut from stone, installed atop, within or around kurgans (i.e. tumuli), in kurgan cemeteries, or in a double line extending from a kurgan. The stelae are also described as "obelisks" or…

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Anthropomorphic stelae of the Near East

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Kurgan stelae

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Triples55
Avg. degree1.99
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Kurgan stelae

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related to Recording · 37
Kurgan stelae → Adrianov, Archeological Congress, Count Aleksey Uvarov, Cuman, Cumans, Duboa-de-Montpere, European, Falk, Gartman, Guldenshtedt, In, Ivanov, Kelsiev, Kipchak, Klaprot, Large Drawing Book, Later, Lepekhin, Lissauer, Mongolia
related to External links · 10
Kurgan stelae → Archived, Art, Balbals, Eastern Eurasian Steppes, Kurgan, Nomadic Art, October, PDF, Russian, The Metropolitan Museum
related to Destruction · 7
Kurgan stelae → April, Izium, March, Russian, Several Cuman, Ukraine, Ukrainian

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stelae kurgan obelisks balbals found also stone anthropomorphic sometimes century statues belt etc steppe kurgans another figures one clearly statue

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eyes or breasts carved into the stoneinstance ofmost of them very crude stone slabs with a simple schematic protruding head and a few features0.80text
Kurgan stelaerelated to DestructionSeveral Cuman0.60section
Kurgan stelaerelated to DestructionUkrainian0.60section
Kurgan stelaerelated to DestructionIzium0.60section
Kurgan stelaerelated to DestructionRussian0.60section
Kurgan stelaerelated to DestructionMarch0.60section
Kurgan stelaerelated to DestructionApril0.60section
Kurgan stelaerelated to DestructionUkraine0.60section
Kurgan stelaerelated to External linksRussian0.60section
Kurgan stelaerelated to External linksBalbals0.60section
Kurgan stelaerelated to External linksArchived0.60section
Kurgan stelaerelated to External linksOctober0.60section

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