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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