Accession No
1936.566 G
Description
Copper alloy bodkin. Shaft with rectangular cross-section, thicker in the middle and tapering to flat points on both ends. Green patina.
Place
Europe; Eastern Europe; Hungary; Hernádkak
Period
Late Bronze Age
Source
Clarke, Louis Colville Gray [excavator and donor]; Tompa, Ferenc [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1936.566 G
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Copper alloy; ?Bronze
Local Term
Measurements
77mm
Events
Context (Field collection)
Grave group 105. Joint excavation by Ferenc Tompa, National Museum of Hungary and Louis C.G. Clarke, Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in 1935. See archive (LL1/4/7) for notes, etc.
Event Date 1935
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Description for 1936.566 A-G: 'Pottery, gold and amber objects from a grave...G: Bronze tool, pointed both ends'
Event Date 1936
Author: maa
Context (References)
Schalk, Emily. (1992). Das Gräberfeld von Hernádkak: Studien zum Beginn der Frühbronzezeit im nordöstlichen Karpatenbecken. Universitätsforschungen Zur Prähistorischen Archäologie. Vol. 9. Bonn: Rudolf Habelt
Event Date 1992
Author: Clare McKenna
Description (Physical description)
Copper alloy bodkin. Shaft with rectangular cross-section, thicker in the middle and tapering to flat points on both ends. Green patina.
Event Date 2/5/2024
Author: Clare McKenna
FM:305123
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