Yaroslav Prasolov

Among the artifacts from the Königsbergs “Prussia” Collection, which were found in the years 1886–1888 during the excavations at the burial site of Grebieten, Kr. Fischhausen, East Prussia, is a fi ghting knife from the warriors grave 32, which upon the results of the grave inventory analysis could be dated to the end of the 4th – beginning of the 5th c. AD. A unique feature of the fi ghting knife is a sign, stamped onto the surface of both blade sides, which has its closest analogies among the so-called star ornaments. Neither a fi ghting knife decorated in this manner nor stamping of the star ornaments onto the surface of iron artifacts in general have ever been reported for the region before.