Funeral table from scythian time burial ground 1 of Tuekta

Studying of Scythian time wooden funeral beds wass conducted since the academician V.V. Radlov first excavation in 1865 at Katanda village in Altai. The funeral table on high legs with a narrow long table-top was found by S.I. Rudenko in burial ground 1 of Tuekta sepulchral hole of a barrow in an internal felling near a block with buried differs from the others not only in a form but also in manufacturing techniques. The special researches for a woodworking technology conducted this year gave us new additional data for replenishment of completeness of a source information. The new functional mission of this subject at commission of ritual actions is revealed during a funeral ceremony.