Needle case (flute-?)
An item of elongated proportions made of bone. The outer side is ornamented with inscribed triangles. On the opposite side, in the center, there is a hole. The surface of the item has some traces of bronze.
Manufacturing technique
The item was cut with a knife from both sides. Then the blank was decorated with an ornament with a metal blade. The hole on the opposite side was probably made with the same tool.
Use-wear traces
The surface has a light polishing.
Storage location
Teaching Museum of the Faculty of History of L.N. Gumilev Eurasian National UniversityInventory number
burial 24Size
Length - 106.27 mm
Diameter - 9.9 mm
Material
BoneDating
13-12 centuries BCCulture
Alaculsko-fyodorovskiy variant of Andronov cultureThe author of the excavations
Umitkaliev U.U.2014
Publications
Umitkaliev U. U., Ajtbaev A. B., Iskakov K. A., Pedrackij M. Pogrebal'nye sooruzheniya epohi bronzy v mogil'nike Kyrykungir // Bronzovyj vek Kazahstana: issledovaniya i novye otkrytiya. Astana: Izd-vo ENU, 2018. Vyp. 1.
