Architectural details and construction equipment

Name of the exhibit

Limestone slab with Lithuanian heraldry

Brief description

A rectangular limestone slab, slightly damaged at the edges. A 15 cm-long cross is engraved inside the slab center. A 7,0 cm-long branch with two «kolumnas» goes at an 8,0 cm distance from the cross top. There is an unclear image in the lower corner. The «V» Latin letter is engraved to the left of the cross. A double frame has been preserved on the slab edge’s left side. The slab’s right edge is damaged. There is a groove on the slab side border, 18,0 cm long and 1,0 cm deep.

Period/date

14th–15th centuries

Manufacturing material

Limestone

Dimensions

Slab dimensions – 30,0 × 18,0 cm, thickness – 16 cm.

Place of storage, inventory number

The Archaeological museum of IA NAS of Ukraine. PSE-2021, Tiahynka village, exc.3, sq.16, №131.

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. 37, 53; ill. 69-70.