Smederov depot

The Smederov Depot (also the Smederov hoard ) is a depot find of the Early Bronze Age Aunjetitz culture from Smederov , a district of Ždírec u Blovic in Plzeňský 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 came to Prague piece by piece between 1863 and 1871. The exact date of discovery and the circumstances of the find are unknown. The site is in the area of ​​the former Smederov fortress.

composition

The depot consists of 14 bronze objects : a decorated rag ax , four sickles , six chisels , a spout lance tip, a needle with a conical head and neck eyelet and a bronze fragment.

literature

• Václav Moucha : Hoards from the early Bronze Age in Bohemia. Archeologický ústav AV ČR, Prague 2005, ISBN 80-86124-57-6 , p. 151 ( 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. 242 ( online ).

Coordinates: 49 ° 33 ′ 38.9 "  N , 13 ° 34 ′ 47.8"  E