Depot I from Litoměřice

The Depot I Litoměřice (also hoard I Litoměřice ) is a hoard of Early Bronze Age Unetice culture from Litoměřice in Ústecký kraj , Czech Republic . It dates to between 1800 and 1600 BC. The depot is now in the National Museum in Prague .

Find history

The depot was first mentioned in 1897. The circumstances of the find and the exact location are unknown. A second depot is known from Litoměřice , but it dates back to the late Bronze Age. Another Early Bronze Age depot comes from the area around the village .

composition

The depot consists of two bronze, heavy, open oval rings with tapered ends and cross ribs.

literature

• Václav Moucha : Hoards from the early Bronze Age in Bohemia. Archeologický ústav AV ČR, Prague 2005, ISBN 80-86124-57-6 , p. 125 ( online ).
• Tilmann Vachta : Bronze Age hoards and their sites in Bohemia (= Berlin studies of the ancient world. Volume 33). Edition Topoi, Berlin 2016, ISBN 978-3-9816751-2-2 , p. 220 ( online ).