Motyčín depot

The Motyčín Depot (also known as the Motyčín hoard ) is a depot find of the Early Bronze Age Aunjetitz culture from Motyčín , a district of Kladno in Středočeský kraj , Czech Republic . It dates between 2000 and 1800 BC. The depot is now in the Slaný Museum .

Find history

The depot was first mentioned in 1933. The exact location and the circumstances of the find are unknown.

composition

The depot consists of two bronze eyelet neck rings . A single eyelet neck ring is known from the neighboring village of Vrapice to the east , which is very similar to these two. Here, too, the exact circumstances of the find are unknown. According to Václav Moucha , these two finds could belong together.

literature

• Václav Moucha : Hoards from the early Bronze Age in Bohemia. Archeologický ústav AV ČR, Prague 2005, ISBN 80-86124-57-6 , p. 130 ( 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. 225 ( online ).