Signs, stamps and the Jochids’ tamga on the ceramics from the Selitrennoye fortified settlement (based on the 2019‒2020 excavations)

The paper presents materials from the excavations of the Selitrennoye fortified settlement, i. e. ruins of the city of Sarai al-Jedid which was the capital of the Jochi ulus (Kharabali district, Astrakhan region). The excavations were carried out in 2019‒2020. The paper examines discovered fragments of Golden Horde ceramics with various signs and symbols made on the ceramics with the use of different methods. The image of the Jochids-Batuids tamga has been found at the Lower Volga sites for the first time. Several explanations of such signs’ intended use are provided. Signs and symbols never found at the Selitrennoye fortified settlement and other hillforts dating to the Golden Horde period before have been introduced into scientific discourse