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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