Accession No
1927.1722
Description
Fox tooth pierced at the root with a round hole for suspension. Possibly acting as a pedant or amulet.
Place
Europe; Eastern Europe; Ukraine; Ivano-Frankovsk; Nezvis’ko [Niezwiska]
Period
Gothic Period A.D. 200 - 500
Source
Hutchinson, Richard W. [excavator]; Preston, Jocelyn P. [excavator]; Kozłowski, Leon [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1927.1722
Cultural Affliation
Material
Tooth
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Description (Physical description)
Fox's tooth, pierced for suspension probably as pendant ornament or amulet
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Field collection)
Found in the Gothic stratum, 1st trench, Upper Dniester site. Joint excavation by Richard W. Hutchinson, Jocelyn Preston for the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology and Leon Kozłowski for the University of Lviv [Lwów] in 1926. See archive (LL1/7/1) for correspondence, notes, etc.
Event Date 1926
Author: maa
Context (References)
Hutchinson, R.W. and Preston, J.P. (1930). ‘Excavations at Niezwiska, Poland’. Liverpool Annals of Archaeology and Anthropology, vol. 17. pp. 19–26.
Event Date 1930
Author: Aedan Jones
Description (Physical description)
Fox tooth pierced at the root with a round hole for suspension. Possibly acting as a pedant or amulet.
Event Date 4/4/2024
Author: Aedan Jones
FM:49059
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