Pendant
A pendant is flat, oval-shaped and has ornamented edge and hole. It is made of a small thin blade of green stone (jasper-?). It is sharpened and drop-shaped and has a hole for hanging in the corner of sharpened part. Oblique edge notches are along the perimeter from two sides.
The item was found in the burial of an old woman.
Manufacturing technique
Grinding, cutting, drilling. The ornamentation was made with a metal knife.
Use-wear traces
There are some traces of polishing and a light perforation of a channel for vertical hanging.
Storage location
The Museum of Buryat History named after Khangalov M.N.Inventory number
18671/3Size
Length - 24,36 mm
Width - 17,73 mm
Diameter of the hole - 2,62 mm
Sizes of notches - 3,15-1,8 mm
Material
Stone (jasper-?)Dating
III cent. BC - I cent. ADCulture
XiongnuThe author of the excavations
Konovalov P.B.1965
Publications
Konovalov P.B. Hunnu v Zabajkal'e (pogrebal'nye pamyatniki) // Ulan-Ude, 1976. - 248 S.
