Depot I by Velké Žernoseky

The Depot I Velké Žernoseky (also hoard I Velké Žernoseky ) is a hoard of Early Bronze Age Unetice culture from Velké Žernoseky in kraj Ústecký , Czech Republic . It dates between 2000 and 1800 BC. The depot is now in the Chomutov Museum .

Find history

The depot was discovered before 1924. The exact location and the circumstances of the find are unknown. From Velké Žernoseky there are still two individual finds of bronze objects from the Aunjetitz culture as well as two other depot finds ( II and III ), which, however, date to the late Bronze Age.

composition

The depot consists of two solid bronze oval rings. They were made in double-shell molds. The shape of one specimen had shifted slightly, while the other had air bubbles formed during casting. The ends of the rings are ribbed. Cast seams can be seen on the inside.

literature

• Václav Moucha : Hoards from the early Bronze Age in Bohemia. Archeologický ústav AV ČR, Prague 2005, ISBN 80-86124-57-6 , p. 162 ( 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. 251 ( online ).