Representations of a Cross on Central Asian Terracotta Plaques: General Overview and Iconography

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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.Anna A.MikheevaRepresentations of a Cross on Central Asian Terracotta Plaques: General Overview and Iconographyhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/CGJ57H84https://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/CGJ57H84https://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/CGJ57H84Maya Т.KashubaNikolay YuSmirnovEvgeniy O.StoyanovVarvara B.TrubnikovaIdeas and Technologies: Proceedings of the International Conference Dedicated to the 120th Anniversary of the Outstanding Researcher of Southern Siberian and Central Asian Antiquities Mikhail Petrovich Gryaznov (1902–1984)S. PetersburgInstitute for the History of Material Culture RAS2022373-376One of the most interesting Christian artifacts from western Central Asia are rectangular terracotta plaques depicting a relief cross. To date, six plaques and two matrices for their manufacturing have been found there. The cross in the central place of the plaque symbolized a triumph — the victory of life over death, the solemn coming of Christ and the idea of the Crucifixion and Resurrection, familiar to the Nestorian tradition of the Church of the East. Mikheeva, Anna A. “Representations of a Cross on Central Asian Terracotta Plaques: General Overview and Iconography.” In Ideas and Technologies: Proceedings of the International Conference Dedicated to the 120th Anniversary of the Outstanding Researcher of Southern Siberian and Central Asian Antiquities Mikhail Petrovich Gryaznov (1902–1984), edited by Maya Т. Kashuba, Nikolay Yu Smirnov, Evgeniy O. Stoyanov, and Varvara B. Trubnikova, 373–76. S. Petersburg: Institute for the History of Material Culture RAS, 2022. Anna A. Mikheeva, Representations of a Cross on Central Asian Terracotta Plaques: General Overview and Iconography, in Ideas and Technologies: Proceedings of the International Conference Dedicated to the 120th Anniversary of the Outstanding Researcher of Southern Siberian and Central Asian Antiquities Mikhail Petrovich Gryaznov (1902–1984), ed. Maya Т. Kashuba et al. (S. Petersburg: Institute for the History of Material Culture RAS, 2022), 373–76.