The museum exhibition includes a bronze mirror from mound 3 of the Pobeda burial ground (Kizilsky district, Chelyabinsk region). The burial mound was studied in 1999–2000 by the archaeological expedition of the Arkaim Museum-Reserve and Chelyabinsk State University led by Alexander Tairov and Ilya Lyubchansky.

The Pobeda burial ground is located six kilometers northeast of the village of Zingeysky on a flattened hilltop and consists of three mounds with earthy, well turfed fill. Mound 3 was 20 meters in diameter and 0.8 meters high. Five grave pits were found under the mound. Among the finds were ceramic vessels, iron knives, a quiver with arrows (one bone arrowhead and twenty-three bronze ones), and the remains of an incomplete ram carcass. Grave pit 3 is embedded in the southwestern flank of the mound. The entrance to the burial chamber was closed with poles and blocks. A skeleton of a woman was excavated at the bottom of the burial chamber (1.1 meters deep). The buried woman was laid on her back, with her arms stretched along her body. There was a bronze torc around her neck and a silver ring on the ring finger of her right hand. At her right shoulder was a leather bag, inside which there was a bronze mirror with a long side handle, a bronze wheel amulet and an iron knife. At the right knee was a ceramic vessel, at the feet was a piece of chalk, two bone spoons, a shell, a ceramic spindle whorl and a round pebble.

The museum exhibition includes a string of beads from mound 3 of the Pobeda burial ground (Kizilsky district, Chelyabinsk region). The burial mound was studied in 1999–2000 by the archaeological expedition of the Arkaim Museum-Reserve and Chelyabinsk State University led by Alexander Tairov and Ilya Lyubchansky. The Pobeda burial ground is located six kilometers northeast of the village of Zingeysky on a flattened hilltop and consists of three mounds with earthy, well turfed fill. Mound 3 was 20 meters in diameter and 0.8 meters high. Five grave pits were found under the mound.

Grave pit 4 was located almost in the center of the mound. In order to dig it, part of the original fill was removed down to the level of the firm land. After the burial, the soil was returned to its place. The pit had a buttress along the long side wall. The remains of a wooden burial structure in the form of a frame made of poles of 5–7 centimeters in diameter were found at the bottom. The buried woman was laid on her back with her arms stretched out along her body. On the wrists of both hands there were bracelets made of stone and glass beads. At the left hand of the buried woman a string of glass, stone and paste beads totaling 13 pieces was found. The beads are different in shape (amphora-shaped, keg-shaped, truncated-drop-shaped and elongated-cylindrical), varied in color (beige with natural flecks of red and white stripes, black with stripes of gray shades, silver, gold and grayish yellow) and made of different materials (glass, stone, paste).

Also, a bronze mirror with a long side handle was placed behind the head of the buried woman; a leather quiver on a wooden base, which was attached to the belt with an iron hook, was found at her feet. Inside the quiver there were 135 bronze-tipped arrows and one iron-tipped arrow. Next to the quiver, a leather bag was placed at the bottom of the pit, containing a round pebble, a stone whetstone, a piece of chalk, a shell, seven fragments of rock crystal, a bone pipe, and pieces of minerals for producing red, yellow and brown paint. An iron knife was found at the shin of the left leg.

The museum exhibition includes a ceramic vessel from mound 3 of the Pobeda burial ground in Kizilsky district of Chelyabinsk region. The burial mound was studied in 1999–2000 by the archaeological expedition of the Arkaim Museum-Reserve and Chelyabinsk State University led by Alexander Tairov and Ilya Lyubchansky. The Pobeda burial ground is located six kilometers northeast of the village of Zingeysky on a flattened hilltop and consists of three mounds with earthy, well turfed fill. Mound 3 was 20 meters in diameter and 0.8 meters high. Five grave pits were found under the mound. Among the finds were ceramic vessels, iron knives, a quiver with arrows (one bone arrowhead and twenty-three bronze ones), and the remains of an incomplete ram carcass.

Grave pit 3 is embedded in the southwestern flank of the mound. The entrance to the burial chamber was closed with poles and blocks. A skeleton of a woman was excavated at the bottom of the 1.1-meter-deep burial chamber. The buried woman was laid on her back, with her arms stretched along her body. There was a bronze torc around her neck and a silver ring on the ring finger of her right hand. At her right shoulder was a leather bag, inside which there was a bronze mirror with a long side handle, a bronze wheel amulet and an iron knife. At the right knee was a ceramic vessel, at the feet was a piece of chalk, two bone spoons, a shell, a ceramic spindle whorl and a round pebble.

The ceramic vessel was found at the feet of the woman’s skeleton. It has a flat bottom and consists of two parts. The body of its lower part is spherical, the upper part is flattened-conical, the high corolla is significantly bent. The surface of the vessel is carefully smoothed. The lower part of the vessel is decorated with two dashed wavy lines bounded by rows of small indentations, above them are three lines, between which are slanting indentations in different directions and large vertical ones. In the upper part there is a horizontal zigzag, above that there are inclined indentations in groups, which both above and below are limited by lines. Still higher are large vertical indentations and a horizontal line.

The museum exhibition presents finds from the Pobeda burial ground in Kizilsky district, Chelyabinsk region. The burial mound was studied in 1999–2000 by the expedition of the Arkaim Museum-Reserve and Chelyabinsk State University led by the archeologists Alexander Tairov and Ilya Lyubchansky.

The Pobeda burial ground is located six kilometers northeast of the village of Zingeysky on a flattened hilltop and consists of three mounds with earthy, well turfed fill. Mound 3 was 20 meters in diameter and 0.8 meters high. Five grave pits were found under the mound. Among the finds were ceramic vessels, iron knives, a quiver with arrows (one bone arrowhead and twenty-three bronze ones), and the remains of an incomplete ram carcass.

The grave pit is embedded in the southwestern flank of the mound. The entrance to the burial chamber was closed with poles and blocks. A skeleton of a woman was excavated at the bottom of the burial chamber (1.1 meters deep). The buried woman was laid on her back, with her arms stretched along her body. There was a bronze torc around her neck and a silver ring on the ring finger of her right hand. At her right shoulder was a leather bag, inside which there was a bronze mirror with a long side handle, a bronze wheel amulet and an iron knife. At the right knee was a ceramic vessel, at the feet was a piece of chalk, two bone spoons, a shell, a ceramic spindle whorl and a round pebble.

The exhibition includes one of the found bone spoons. The piece is smoothly curved, has a flat handle subrectangular in cross-section, which widens towards the end. The bowl is ovoid in shape and shallow. The spoon was found near a pebble with traces of use in the form of clogs and abrasions. One flat surface of the pebble had a stain of burgundy-colored substance with white and beige spots, as well as a mollusk shell with a red stain. To all appearances, this spoon can be attributed to female household items associated with cosmetics and grinding of coloring substances.

The mound was erected in the 5th century BC. Its materials demonstrate the emergence of the tradition of centric-circular layout of burials under the mound fill, which was later developed in the Southern Urals and Lower Volga region.

Dimensions: 10,3×3,4×0,4 cm