Accession No
1936.566 D
Description
Four amber beads. All annular with central circular perforations; two red and two a darker purple. All are encrusted or dessicated throughout their surface and interior.
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 D
Cultural Affliation
Material
Amber
Local Term
Measurements
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...D: Four amber beads..'
Event Date 1936
Author: maa
Context (Display)
Previously on display in archaeology gallery, Case 23, Clarke Gallery 1984-2010.
Event Date 1984
Author: Lily Stancliffe
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)
Four amber beads. All annular with central circular perforations; two red and two a darker purple. All are encrusted or dessicated throughout their surface and interior.
Event Date 2/5/2024
Author: Clare McKenna
Conservation (Assessment Only)
CON.2024.5937 | Assessment Only
Event Date 9/5/2024
Author: Stephanie De Roemer
FM:305125
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