Velká Černoc depot

The Velká Černoc depot (also known as the Velká Černoc hoard ) is a depot find of the Early Bronze Age Aunjetitz culture from Velká Černoc , a district of Měcholupy u Žatce in Ústecký kraj , Czech Republic . It dates between 2000 and 1800 BC. Today the depot is located in the Regional Museum in Teplice .

Find history

The depot was first mentioned in 1907. It was discovered during regulation work in a hop garden. The date of the find and the exact location are unknown. A single find of an eyelet collar from the Aunjetice culture also comes from Velká Černoc .

composition

The depot consists of two bronze dagger blades . The longer one has an arched neck and no rivet holes. The shorter one has five rivet holes. Since the patina of the two pieces is different, it is unclear whether they were actually found together.

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 ).