Tavka Kurgan

Short description: Archaeological site in Uzbekistan

Tavka Kurgan

Tavka Kurgan

Fortress of Tavka Kurgan, near Shirabad, Termez. 5th-6th century CE

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Alternative name| Tavka Kurgan
Location| Uzbekistan
Coordinates|  [ ⚑ ] : 37°43′01″N 66°59′47″E﻿ / ﻿37.71694°N 66.99639°E﻿ / 37.71694; 66.99639
Type| Settlement
Site notes
Condition| Ruined

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

## See also

* Dilberjin Tepe

## References

1. ↑ Lovell-Hoare, Sophie; Lovell-Hoare, Max (2013) (in en). Uzbekistan. Bradt Travel Guides. p. 171. ISBN 978-1-84162-461-7. https://books.google.com/books?id=qF6PJda90gYC&pg=PA171.
2. ↑ Ibbotson, Sophie; Lovell-Hoare, Max (15 August 2016) (in en). Uzbekistan. Bradt Travel Guides. p. 189. ISBN 978-1-78477-017-4. https://books.google.com/books?id=xuehDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA189.
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  (in en) Uzbekistan: The Golden Road to Samarkand. Odyssey. 2008. p. 2019. ISBN 978-962-217-795-6. https://books.google.com/books?id=RC4OAQAAMAAJ.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 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)"] (in fr). Abstracta Iranica 25. doi:10.4000/abstractairanica.4213. ISSN 0240-8910. https://journals.openedition.org/abstractairanica/4213.

## Sources

* Rakhmanov, Shaymardankul A. (19 May 2017). "Wall Paintings from Tavka, Uzbekistan" (in en). Journal of Inner Asian Art and Archaeology 7: 31–54. doi:10.1484/J.JIAAA.4.2017003. https://www.brepolsonline.net/doi/epdf/10.1484/J.JIAAA.4.2017003.

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