Household items

Name of the exhibit

Firesteel

Brief description

Oval-shaped, 4-faceted in cross-section; the ends are twisted in opposite directions; was used for cutting fire. The firesteel shape determines its belonging to the specified chronological period.

Period/date

14th–16th centuries

Manufacturing material

Iron

Dimensions

6,5 × 2,5 cm, thickness – 0,5 cm.

Place of storage, inventory number

Kherson Regional Museum of Local Lore. Inv. No. BX-1521/233.

First publication

«Na rozi dvokh svitiv. Istorychna spadshchyna Ukrainy ta Lytvy na terytorii Khersonskoi oblasti». Authors: S.O.Biliaieva, K.S.Hulenko, O.Ye.Fialko, M.M.Iievlev, O.V.Hrabovska, O.V.Manihda, O.V.Chubenko. O.V.Symonenko, O.V.Dzneladze, D.M.Sikoza. Kyiv-Kherson, Hileia, 2018, p. 25, іll. 33, 2.