Sány depot

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

Find history

The depot was discovered before 1943. The exact location and the circumstances of the find are unknown.

composition

The depot consists of two solid bronze oval rings. Both were cast in a two-shell mold. They are similar to one another, but not executed identically. The ends are ribbed and heavily worn in one specimen.

literature

  • Martin Bartelheim : Studies on the Bohemian Aunjetitzer culture. Chronological and chorological investigations (= university research on prehistoric archeology. Vol. 46). Habelt, Bonn 1998, ISBN 3-7749-2867-3 (also: Berlin, Freie Universität, dissertation, 1998), p. 251.
  • Václav Moucha : Hoards from the early Bronze Age in Bohemia. Archeologický ústav AV ČR, Prague 2005, ISBN 80-86124-57-6 , p. 148 ( 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 , pp. 240–241 ( online ).