학술논문
Погребение эпохи средней бронзы с игрально-гадальными костями из Нижнего Поднестровья / The Middle Bronze Age Catacomb Grave and the Dice Set from the Lower Dniester Region
Document Type
article
Source
Материалы по археологии и истории античного и средневекового Крыма, Vol 10, Pp 77-97 (2019)
Subject
Language
Bulgarian
English
Russian
English
Russian
ISSN
2219-8857
Abstract
The group of barrows called “Glinoe/Orchard” contained the barrow mound No.1 where the catacomb grave (No.11) of a rare type with a set of three dice made of red deer antler tines has been discovered. Before now, only five graves attributed to the Ingul Catacomb Graves Culture containing such gaming paraphernalia were reported. Also, a friable and deliberately burned shaft-hole axe-hammer head made of a volcanic rock found in the grave seems to be rather special for the Middle Bronze Age culture in question. The antler surface modifications may suggest that unusually big dice have been in short use. In the past, in order to engrave symbols on dice, some copper or bronze tool was applied.