title: Concerning the sacred meaning of ceramic artifacts from the clay altars in the dwellings of the land along the Syr-Darya river
abstract: The paper is dedicated to the publication of a unique ceramic artifact from the house floor shrine in a house, excavated while clearing the X-XI centuries layer of the ancient settlement of Kultobe in Turkestan. A horseshoe-shaped ceramic item had special stops that most likely served to install it over a special hole with coals of a small round fireplace for burning herbal&nbsp;substances. This artifact increases the repertoire of ceramic attributes used at the home shrine. Usually during archa
journal: Nations and religions of the Eurasia