DOI article:
Šramko, Boris Andreevič: Tilling implements of south eastern Europe in the Bronze Age and Early Iron Age
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BORIS A. SHRAMKO
Fig. 14. Ard from the peat-bog near the village of Tokary. □ Hakenpflug aus dem Torfmoor bei dem Dorf
Tokary.
the Scythian period of the Early Iron Age in
South Eastern Europe there were also in use
ards of another type. The remains of one of
them was found in one barrow of the Crimea
in the territory of Kolkhoz named Krupskaja,
in the region of Nishnegorsk (Schepinsky
1963; Shramko and Janushevich 1985).
The excavation was by E. N. Tsherepanova
and A. A. Schepinsky in 1969. Under the bar-
row was discovered a Scythian burial of the
4th century B.C. in the catacomb grave. The
wooden ard was placed in the grave together
with other objects. Unfortunately, caused by
hard conditions of the excavation (the grave
was constantly flooded with water), only one
part of the ard was extracted and preserved
(Fig. 15). It is a massive ard head; the sole and
part of the stilt handle. The rest of the stilt
and the tip of the sole were broken off during
the excavations. The overall length of the pre-
served part is 22 cm, the greatest width at the
curve 10.2 cm, the sole 16.3 cm. The diameter
at the base of the stilt is 5.8 cm. The surface of
the sole is markedly worn and made smooth
by the friction of the soil (Fig. 15). It had no
iron share. E. N. Tscherepanova related that
the stilt broke off in the place where there
was an opening for the beam. That confirms
also the reconstruction of Schepmski (Fig. 16)
which depicts a kind of sole ard (Schepinsky
BORIS A. SHRAMKO
Fig. 14. Ard from the peat-bog near the village of Tokary. □ Hakenpflug aus dem Torfmoor bei dem Dorf
Tokary.
the Scythian period of the Early Iron Age in
South Eastern Europe there were also in use
ards of another type. The remains of one of
them was found in one barrow of the Crimea
in the territory of Kolkhoz named Krupskaja,
in the region of Nishnegorsk (Schepinsky
1963; Shramko and Janushevich 1985).
The excavation was by E. N. Tsherepanova
and A. A. Schepinsky in 1969. Under the bar-
row was discovered a Scythian burial of the
4th century B.C. in the catacomb grave. The
wooden ard was placed in the grave together
with other objects. Unfortunately, caused by
hard conditions of the excavation (the grave
was constantly flooded with water), only one
part of the ard was extracted and preserved
(Fig. 15). It is a massive ard head; the sole and
part of the stilt handle. The rest of the stilt
and the tip of the sole were broken off during
the excavations. The overall length of the pre-
served part is 22 cm, the greatest width at the
curve 10.2 cm, the sole 16.3 cm. The diameter
at the base of the stilt is 5.8 cm. The surface of
the sole is markedly worn and made smooth
by the friction of the soil (Fig. 15). It had no
iron share. E. N. Tscherepanova related that
the stilt broke off in the place where there
was an opening for the beam. That confirms
also the reconstruction of Schepmski (Fig. 16)
which depicts a kind of sole ard (Schepinsky