Weapons: cold and artillery

Name of the exhibit

Mace

Brief description

Forged, lead-poured. Mace top is of an inverted pear shape, with a cone-shaped end. There is a circle deepening at the top (a through hole for the handle). Eight segments, each of an isosceles triangle form, converge to the top. Segment sides are decorated with an openwork ribbon. Weight 250 g.

Period/date

End of 15th century

Manufacturing material

Iron

Dimensions

Total length of the preserved part (top and handle part) – 10,0 cm. Top length – 5,4 cm, top diameter – 13,0 cm. Diameter – 1,0 cm.

Place of storage, inventory number

The Archaeological museum of IA NAS of Ukraine, PSE -2021, Tiahynka village, exc.3, sq.8, №133.

First publication

«Fortetsia Tiahyn. Arkheolohichni doslidzhennia 2019-2021 rr.». Authors: D.Ya.Aliadinova, O.V.Afanasieva, S.O.Biliaieva, N.-D.A.Bimbirayte, O.V.Hrabovska, V.A.Hrytsaienko, K.S.Hulenko, M.M.Iievlev, O.Ye.Malchenko, O.V.Manihda, M.S.Serheieva, O.Ye.Fialko, O.V.Chubenko. Responsible editor N.-D.A.Bimbirayte, Kyiv-Kherson, 2021, p.34-35, 50; il. 55.