Český Brod depot

The Český Brod depot (also known as the Český Brod hoard ) is a depot find of the Early Bronze Age Aunjetitz culture from Český Brod in Středočeský kraj , Czech Republic . It dates between 2000 and 1800 BC. The depot is now in the National Museum in Prague .

Find history

The depot was discovered before 1873 on the eastern edge of Český Brod during the construction of sugar factory 4.

composition

The depot consists of four bronze objects , which Václav Moucha classifies as ring bars , while Tilmann Vachta classifies them as eyelet neck rings . The rings have an angular cross-section. Their surfaces show clear traces of machining from a hammer. A ring has a deep groove on its inside.

literature

• Václav Moucha : Hoards from the early Bronze Age in Bohemia. Archeologický ústav AV ČR, Prague 2005, ISBN 80-86124-57-6 , p. 103 ( 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. 203 ( online ).

Coordinates: 50 ° 4 ′ 45.1 ″  N , 14 ° 52 ′ 42.7 ″  E