Accession No
1928.289
Description
One worked and partly polished pointed bone or horn, possibly a haft. Edge of wider end broken off but with traces of bevelled edge; one drilled perforation with bevelled edges through the entire bone towards the wider end; body tapering towards pointed end, tip broken off and missing. Reconstructed from two fragments.
Place
Europe; Eastern Europe; Hungary; Berettyóújfalu; Herpály
Period
Copper Age Chalcolithic
Source
National Museum of Hungary [donor]; Tompa, Ferenc [excavator]; Márton, Lajos [excavator]; Clarke, Louis Colville Gray [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1928.289
Cultural Affliation
Material
Horn
Local Term
Measurements
89mm
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 Museum." [Labels no longer with objects and not seen. Jan-Henrik Hartung 10/05/2024]
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Small perforated horn ?haft or possibly tool (both ends broken off)
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
One worked and partly polished pointed bone or horn, possibly a haft. Edge of wider end broken off but with traces of bevelled edge; one drilled perforation with bevelled edges through the entire bone towards the wider end; body tapering towards pointed end, tip broken off and missing. Reconstructed from two fragments.
Event Date 10/5/2024
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung
FM:49149
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