Sub-squared disc
Sub-square shaped disc, partially ornamented with "cupulas" and two rows of C-shaped signs on the front side. The ornament on the front side consists of one row of "cupulas" and two rows of C-shaped signs and "cupulas". In the first row there are 12 "cupulas". In the second row there are 9 C-shaped signs and two "cupulas", in the third - 8 C-shaped signs and two "cupulas". The back side is covered with dendrites.
Manufacturing technique
The top of the item is broken, traces of spalling are on the other side. Both planes are treated and flattened with a burin. The plate is flattened to the edges.
Use-wear traces
Use-wear traces are not found.
Storage location
The State Hermitage MuseumInventory number
1407/254Size
Length - 34.99 mm
Width - 40.69 mm
Thickness - 5.02 mm
Material
IvoryDating
19-23 th. years BPCulture
Mal'ta-Buret' archaeological cultureThe author of the excavations
Gerasimov M.M.Publications
Lbova L., Rostyazhenko T. Ornamental Artefacts as a Way to Transfer and Store Information in the Upper Palaeolithic: the Mal’ta Collection (Siberia) // Expression. – 2019. – Vol. 23. – P. 35-44
Rogachev A.N. Tehnologia proizvodstva v epohu paleolita. - L.: Nauka, 1983, S. 41-42
Rostyazhenko T.E. Maltinskiye ornamentirovannie diski kak predmety prestiga // Arheologia: Materialy 56-y Mezhdunar. nauch. stud. conf. 22-27 aprelya 2018 g. / Novosib. gos. un-t. - Novosibirsk: IPC NGU, 2018, S. 23-24
