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The hoard of items was discovered during excavations of fence 1 of the Bronze Age necropolis of Nurataldy-1. The hoard includes daggers (3 items), spearheads (2 items), an awl, ingots (2 items), and a fragment of an item. All items were stuck into the ground at an acute angle with an inclination (along the longitudinal axis) to the outer side of the fence slab. The awl was inserted into the sleeve of a long spearhead with the pointed end up.The morphological and typological characteristics of the items in the hoard allow us to attribute it to the Nurinsko-Fyodorovskaya culture (17th-16th centuries BC). Analytical studies have revealed a progressive metalworking technology for that time by the masters of the Nurinsko-Fyodorovo culture - casting weapons and tools from medium- and high-alloy tin bronze in double-wing molds. The complex of bronze products under consideration belonged to the category of rare ritual (votive) treasures, which can be considered as a gift to the deities with subsequent expectation of good luck, assistance in production activities.
