Accession No
1928.392
Description
A tool made from animal leg bone. It is worked into a tapered point at one end, and unworked at the wider end.
Place
Europe; Eastern Europe; Hungary; Edelény–Borsod–Derekegyháza
Period
Neolithic
Source
National Museum of Hungary [donor]; Tompa, Ferenc [excavator]; Clarke, Louis Colville Gray [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1928.392
Cultural Affliation
Material
Bone; Leg Bone
Local Term
Measurements
160mm
Events
Context (Field collection)
From Derekegyhaza farm, Borsod, near Edeleny [Edelény–Borsod–Derekegyháza]. Joint excavation by Ferenc Tompa, National Museum of Hungary and Louis C.G. Clarke, Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in 1928. See archive (LL1/4/1) for correspondence, notes, etc.
Event Date 1928
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Pointed bone tool made from an animal's leg bone, split, hollowed out and sharpened to a point at one end; the other end left rough and unworked
Event Date 1928
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
A tool made from animal leg bone. It is worked into a tapered point at one end, and unworked at the wider end.
Event Date 15/5/2024
Author: Emily Shorter
FM:49180
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