A Nyíregyházi Jósa András Múzeum évkönyve 49. (Nyíregyháza, 2007)

Régészet - Dan Pop: The Copper Axe from Corni

The Copper Axe from Corni slightly bent body. Some of the dimensions are smaller (Székely) than the others (Nádudvar).

5 A more advanced typology has been done by P. Patay, several sub-variants resulting from the first typology: Székely, Dorog, Apagy, Monostorpályi types, but also unique pieces from Vámospércs, Nádudvar and Székesfehérvár (PATAY 1984. 47-56).

6 About 134 pieces

7 discovered in 130 "sites"

8 (we do not know the exact origin of 63 pieces

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) can be attributed to the Székely-Nádudvar type spread in a wide area, including Bulgaria (TODOROVA 1981. 43: no. 151-152, pi. 10: 152-153), the former Yugoslavia - Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia-Hercegovina, Slovenia - (JOVANOVIC 1971. 28, pi. 5: 2-3, KUNA 1981. 25, 61 - list of finds, pi. 18: 4, 19: 4, 6, ZERAVTCA 1993. 6-9: no. 7-11, pi. 1: 711, TERZAN 1995. 33: no. 4, fig. 1: 4), Austria (MAYER 1977. 10: no. 6, 8-14, pi. 1: 6, 8-11,2: 12-14), Hungary (PATAY 1984.47-56: Fig. 3 The distribution area of the Székely-Nádudvar type hammer-axes 3. kép A Székely-Nádudvar típusú rézbalták elterjedési térképe SCHUBERT 1965. 278, defines and includes them in the second group, along with the hammer-axes of Crestur, Kezmarok, Szendrő, Holic, Handlová and Mezőkeresztes type. This classification was taken over by other researchers too (VULPE 1975. 26-27, MAYER 1977. 10, ZERAVICA 1993. 6-7). A contribution (MAXIM 1999. 128) to the typology of copper axes shows us that, taking into account the already existing typologies "Novotna 1970, Jovanovic 1971, Vulpe 1975, Cernich 1998. (for the area and issue in discussion from the quoted note PATAY 1984. is undoubtedly missing - D. P.) adjusted with a series of finer analyses" of the dimensions and the context in which the pieces were found, result new typological series. The Monostorpályi variant includes the pieces classified as Nádudvar up to now (to a less extent the piece from this site). Or 135 pieces, if there are really two pieces in Baia Mare, see note 10! Or 129 sites, if we take into account the fact that in Apagy we have only one site and two axes from the same settlement. 38 of them are from unknown place, in 15 cases only the country, county or regions were indicated, 6 ones are "probably" from the indicated place, and 4 pieces were found around cities. 51