Accession No
1928.275.1
Description
Antler tool, possibly a sleeve for an axe, with cylindrical perforation and one broken end.
Place
Europe; Eastern Europe; Hungary; Berettyóújfalu; Herpály
Period
Neolithic
Source
National Museum of Hungary [donor]; Tompa, Ferenc [excavator]; Márton, Lajos [excavator]; Clarke, Louis Colville Gray [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1928.275.1
Cultural Affliation
Material
Antler
Local Term
Measurements
155mm
Events
Context (Related Documents)
Labels with objects from this site read 'Copper Age. From the large mound at Herpaly, nr. Berettyoujtalu, East Hungary' and 'Later Neolithic from Herpaly, East Hungary. Joint excavations 1927 of Magyar Nemzeti Muzeum (sic) Budapest, and this Musuem.'
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Field collection)
Joint excavation by Ferenc Tompa and Lajos Márton, National Museum of Hungary and Louis C.G. Clarke, Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in 1927. See archive (LL1/4/1) for correspondence, notes, etc.
Event Date 1927
Author: Esther Laver
Description (Physical description)
Description for 1928.275[.1-3]: 'Three axes of antler, perforated with cylindrical boring. All incomplete'.
Event Date 1928
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Antler tool, possibly a sleeve for an axe, with cylindrical perforation and one broken end.
Event Date 10/5/2024
Author: Esther Laver
FM:49136
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