Cranked knife
A bronze knife with arched handle back and almost straight blade is fragmented into two parts at a distance of 4 cm from the tip. An area between the handle and the blade (wedge-shaped in cross section) is indicated by a small ledge. The edge of the blade is made in the form of an obtuse angle. The blade is modified with forging. A half-ring top must be a casting defect (underfilling item form).
Manufacturing technique
The casting was made into double-sided form. Part of the casting seam is visible on the inner side of the semicircle and is located in the middle of a thick area. The other seams as well as the handle surface were properly grinned after the casting of the item.
Use-wear traces
Initially, the knife had a much longer blade. The shape of the present tip was made at the place of breaking with forging.
Storage location
The museum of BSC SB RASInventory number
273Size
Length - 178,08 mm
Width - 21,88 mm
Thickness - 3,97 mm
Material
BronzeDating
II-I millennium BCCulture
Bronze AgeThe author of the excavations
Hamzina E.A.1963
Publications
Hamzina E.A. Plitochnyj mogil'nik v Barguzinskoj doline // Po sledam drevnih kul'tur Zabajkal'ya. Novosibirsk: Nauka, 1983. - S. 75-85.
