Russian Federation
Perm State National Research University
Russian Federation
The paper deals with the study of two flints with a figured pommel from the Kokpomyag burial ground of the Vym culture, dating back to the second half of the XIII century. The flints were studied using morphological and technological analysis. They consisted of a trapezoidal working part, slightly elongated at the edges, and an openwork pommel. The latter was composed of several components: small loops along the edges, three rings inside, separated by two spike inserts with a point and loops at different ends. Using metallographic analysis, one ruined figured flint was studied. It turned out that an object of composite (bimetallic) production was hidden under the layers of iron corrosion. The blade was forged from low-carbon raw steel, the components of the openwork pommel were fastened together and to the blade, apparently by soldering. Similar flints are known from Old Russian and ancient Korela sites, where they are dated to the XV-XVI centuries. The flint from the ancient Korela settlement, dated to the XV century, was made more roughly and from iron, the pommel and the working part were connected by soldering. The most geographically close find comes from the Volga Bulgaria, from the Zolotarevskoye settlement in the upper reaches of the Sura River, dating back to no later than the XIII century.
figured flint, pommel, iron, steel, copper, bimetallic, composite material, metallography, burial, Vym culture, Vychegda Perm
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