Раннобронзови (нестандартни?) керамични тежести/разпределители (?) от Горнотракийската низина
Early Bronze Age (non-standard?) clay weights from Upper Thrace

Summary/Abstract: The article is focused on some rare artifacts which were detected at settlement mounds near Yunatsite and Razkopanitsa. They are extraordinary for Upper Thrace’s lands during the Early Bronze age. That raises the questions about their function and interpretation. The find from Yunatsite is found at VIII building phase. Its dimensions are: length – 6,7 cm; width – 4,7 cm; maximal thickness – 2 cm (minimal – 0,9 cm); diameters of the perforations – 0,7 cm, 0,6 cm, 0,6 cm. Its shape is rectangular with oval-triangle cross-section.Similar finds were detected in Anatolia and Greece. The most closed parallels originated from Markiani-Lerna, Yesiltepe, the gave Zas-Naxos (which finds were stamped of Mycenaean seals) and Festos-Crete. All finds are interpreted as weaving implements (according to P. Militello – weaving tablets). Later led us to suggest likewise interpretation for the Bulgarian’s finds.

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