The article is devoted to the study of the characteristics of elite funerary monuments of Sünnu (Huns), located on the territory of Transbaikalia and Northern Mongolia. The analysis of indicators of external parameters and characteristics of complex inventory of the Sünnu elite burials allows the authors to form a set of specific signs marking an elite group of a given period of time. Funerary monuments of the Sünnu elites have specific features of external and internal design, in particular, the use of sub-quadratic in the layout of the mound in conjunction with the dromos. The internal construction in most cases is a double frame in combination with the coffin. The burial practices of the nomadic elite are characterized with tradition of ritual human sacrifice, dying with the ruler which is proved by numerous finds of human braids in the burials. It is established that in the inventory of the burial monuments of the elite Sünnu includes numerous items of import which are an important marking sign. The conducted analyses shows that the complex of imported objects includes various types of silk cloth, lacquer objects, jade. A significant feature of the funerary practices of the elite is the presence of Chinese chariot in the burial inventory. Chinese import was an important instrument of Sünnu foreign policy, which explains its accumulation in the elite group, although it receives certain distribution in other social layers. Thus, the socio- political development of the nomadic empire was reflected in the formation of the signs of an elite burial rite, distinct from the preceding Scythian- Saka period.