Accession No

1936.566 C


Description

Copper Alloy pin. Cylindrical shaft tapering to a point at one end; the head is flattened into triangular shape and rolled into a spiral with cylindrical aperture.


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 C; 105.3


Cultural Affliation


Material

Metal; Copper Alloy; ?Bronze


Local Term


Measurements

177mm


Events

Context (Related Documents)
Handwritten note in pencil reads: '105/3. Nagy pódoitfejn bronz fǔ', translating to: 'Bronze head on large podium'. And another note reading; 'Hernádkak Grave 103.'
Event Date
Author: Clare McKenna


Context (Related Documents)
(note on card in pencil ' have I muddled this up with Megy: 105')' [sic. not found.]
Event Date
Author: Clare McKenna


Context (Field collection)
Grave group 105, number 3. 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...C: Bronze pin or needle, flat triangular head with end rolled over...'
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 pin. Cylindrical shaft tapering to a point at one end; the head is flattened into triangular shape and rolled into a spiral with cylindrical aperture.
Event Date 2/5/2024
Author: Clare McKenna


FM:305124

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