Artifacts of Rind

2. Decorative Button – Belt Ornament

Main Inventory Number: 665
Description: Almond-shaped decorative buttons; the patterns contain buds and floral designs symbolizing life. They have a loop at the top for hanging.
Date of Creation/Production: 19th–20th century
Material: Bronze
Size: 3.5 x 1.7 cm
Date of Discovery: 1975

3. Decorative Button – Belt Ornament

Main Inventory Number: 666
Description: Almond-shaped decorative buttons; the patterns contain buds and floral designs symbolizing life. They have a loop at the top for hanging.
Date of Creation/Production: 19th–20th century
Material: Bronze
Size: 3.5 x 1.7 cm
Date of Discovery: 1975

4. Bowl – Kitchenware

Main Inventory Number: 7090
Description: A high bowl with a ring-shaped base and a spherical body. There are 3 grooves below the rim, followed by an inscription below: Aleksan Batalov 1856.
Master: Aleksan Batalov (1856)
Material: Copper
Diameter (cm): Base: 9.5, Rim: 17
Height (cm): 10
Date of Creation/Production: 1856
Donor: Vasil Kyureghyan
Date of Discovery: 1995

5. Decorative Button – Belt Ornament

Main Inventory Number: 664
Description: Almond-shaped decorative buttons; the patterns contain buds and floral designs symbolizing life. They have a loop at the top for hanging.
Date of Creation/Production: 19th–20th century
Material: Bronze
Size: 3.5 x 1.7 cm
Date of Discovery: 1975

6. Decorative Button – Belt Ornament

Main Inventory Number: 667
Description: Hexagonal, pyramid-shaped decorative button adorned with floral motifs. A loop is soldered on the back.
Date of Creation/Production: 19th–20th century
Material: Silver
Size: 2.5 cm
Date of Discovery: 1975

7. Pan – Kitchenware

Main Inventory Number: 7091
Description: A pan with a ring-shaped base; the inside is decorated with zigzag bands and floral motifs. Floral patterns are also engraved on the bottom. The handle is missing.
Material: Copper, Iron
Diameter (cm): Base: 15, Rim: 27
Height (cm): 7
Date of Creation/Production: 19th–20th century
Donor: Vasil Kyureghyan
Date of Discovery: 1995

1. Terebellum sopitum

Main Inventory Number: 38/7
Type: Animal, Fossil/Fauna material
Description: The shell is of medium size, short, with a large whorl.
Age: Paleogene
Size: 73 mm
Date of Discovery: 1957

2. Terebellum sopitum

Main Inventory Number: 288/14-16
Type: Animal, Fossil/Fauna material
Description: The shells are of medium size, with a short spire and a large, expanding last whorl. The aperture is elongated and narrow.
Age: Paleogene – Upper Eocene
Collector: H. Ptughyan
Size: 14th: 37 mm, 15th: 59 mm, 16th: 91 mm
Date of Discovery: 1970

3. Cepatia cepacea

Main Inventory Number: 478/1-2
Type: Animal, Fossil/Fauna material
Description: The shells vary in size. The surfaces of the samples are covered with thin growth striations.
Collector: P. Aslanyan
Size: 1st: 36 mm, 2nd: 27 mm
Date of Discovery: 1964

4. Poly placidia (Sea Urchin)

Main Inventory Number: 509
Type: Animal, Fossil/Fauna material
Description: The test (shell) is large and hemispherical; the upper and lower parts are equally convex.
Age: Paleogene – Eocene
Donor: Institute of Geological Sciences of NAS RA
Size: 109 mm
Date of Discovery: 1960

5. Eupatagus formosus (Sea Urchin)

Main Inventory Number: 512
Type: Animal, Fossil/Fauna material
Description: The test (shell) is of medium size, not high, broad-oval.
Age: Paleogene – Upper Eocene
Donor: Institute of Geological Sciences of NAS RA
Size: 83 mm
Date of Discovery: 1960

6. Corbis lamellosa

Main Inventory Number: 288/7
Type: Animal, Fossil/Fauna material
Description: The shell is equivalve, medium-sized, elongated-oval; the outer surface is decorated with high concentric ribs.
Age: Paleogene – Upper Eocene
Collector: H. Ptughyan
Size: 47 mm
Date of Discovery: 1969

7. Velates schmidelianus

Main Inventory Number: 468/1-3
Type: Animal, Fossil/Fauna material
Description: The shells are of large, medium, and small sizes, conical, and rounded.
Age: Paleogene – Upper Eocene
Collector: P. Aslanyan
Size: 1st: 59 mm, 2nd: 41 mm, 3rd: 31 mm
Date of Discovery: 1964

8. Vulsella dubia transylvanica

Main Inventory Number: 482
Type: Animal, Fossil/Fauna material
Description: The shell is large, narrow, and high. The ligamental pit is quite deep and triangular.
Age: Paleogene – Eocene
Collector: P. Aslanyan
Size: 53 mm
Date of Discovery: 1964

9. Katarik (Scallop/Pecten)

Main Inventory Number: 520/1-2
Type: Animal, Fossil/Fauna material
Description: Shells of medium size and convexity, equivalve, asymmetrical.
Age: Paleogene – Upper Eocene
Donor: Institute of Geological Sciences of NAS RA
Size: 1st: 28 mm, 2nd: 30 mm
Date of Discovery: 1966

10. Terebellum sopitum

Main Inventory Number: 38/27
Type: Animal, Fossil/Fauna material
Description: The specimen is of medium size, short, with a large whorl.
Size: 65 mm
Date of Discovery: 1950

11. Terebellum sopitum

Main Inventory Number: 495/1-2
Type: Animal, Fossil/Fauna material
Description: Medium-sized shells with a short spire and a large, expanding last whorl.
Age: Paleogene – Eocene
Donor: P. Aslanyan
Size: 1st: 65 mm, 2nd: 81 mm
Date of Discovery: 1970

12. Cerithium vellicatum

Main Inventory Number: 500
Type: Animal, Fossil/Fauna material
Description: The specimen is of medium size, conical.
Age: Paleogene – Eocene
Donor: Institute of Geological Sciences of NAS RA
Size: 50 mm
Date of Discovery: 1965

13. Limnocardium mayeri

Main Inventory Number: 873
Type: Animal, Fossil/Fauna material
Description: The specimen is a single valve of a medium-sized shell, on which vertical and horizontal radial lines are well expressed.
Age: Upper Paleozoic
Donor: Faculty of Geology, YSU

14. Velates schmidelianus

Main Inventory Number: 288/2
Type: Animal, Fossil/Fauna material
Description: The shell is of medium size, rounded, convex; growth lines are clearly visible.
Age: Paleogene – Eocene
Collector: H. Ptughyan
Size: 41 mm
Date of Discovery: 1972

15. Ampullina

Main Inventory Number: 288/9
Type: Animal, Fossil/Fauna material
Description: The shell is massive, thick-walled, consisting of 4-5 unevenly enlarging whorls.
Age: Paleogene – Upper Eocene
Collector: H. Ptughyan
Size: 62 mm
Date of Discovery: 1969

16. Ditremaster aslaniani (Sea Urchin)

Main Inventory Number: 510
Type: Animal, Fossil/Fauna material
Description: The test (shell) is small, oval or nearly round.
Age: Lower – Middle Oligocene
Donor: Institute of Geological Sciences of NAS RA
Size: 30 mm
Date of Discovery: 1970

17. Spondylus bifrons

Main Inventory Number: 517
Type: Animal, Fossil/Fauna material
Description: The shell is large, inequivalve.
Age: Paleogene – Upper Eocene
Donor: Institute of Geological Sciences of NAS RA
Size: 83 mm
Date of Discovery: 1966

18. Grey Partridge

Main Inventory Number: 285/2
Type: Taxidermy (Bird)
Description: The bird is in a standing position, head turned to the left, wings closed, beak open, right leg pointing slightly forward.
Author: V. Hakobyan
Size: 29 x 12 cm
Date of Discovery: 1966

19. Miltha gigantea

Main Inventory Number: 525
Type: Animal, Fossil/Fauna material
Description: The shell is large, equivalve. The valves are equally weakly convex and rounded.
Age: Paleogene – Upper Eocene
Donor: Institute of Geological Sciences of NAS RA
Size: 93 mm
Date of Discovery: 1969

1. Cross-Sculptures (Khachakandakner)

Department Inventory Number: N 2109
Type: Negative photograph (glass)
Description: Stones of the village school wall with cross-sculptures and Armenian inscriptions.
Author: Photographer Anushavan Shiroyan
Width (cm): 9
Height (cm): 12
Date of Creation/Production: 1934

2. Khachkar (Cross-stone)

Department Inventory Number: N 2110
Type: Negative photograph (glass)
Description: A Khachkar inside a dilapidated chapel.
Author: Photographer Anushavan Shiroyan
Width (cm): 9
Height (cm): 12
Date of Creation/Production: 1934