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

Régészet - Dan Pop: The Copper Axe from Corni

The Copper Axe from Corni cross-arms of the Jászladány type - the undefined variants - actually belong to the Székely-Nádudvar (PATAY 1984. pi. 44: 448, 45: 450^155, 57: 604, VULPE 1975. pi. 28: 211). The hammer-axes mentioned in literature without typological considerations (fragmentary, new and improperly illustrated) could also belong to this type.

12 The area of spread (Fig. 4-5) The Székely-Nádudvar axes are mainly concentrated in south-east and north-west of Hungary (70), Romania (Transylvania) (24), Slovakia (10) and Austria (9). We can find them in a smaller number in the neighbouring regions: Croatia (4), Bohemia-Moravia (3), Poland (3), Bulgaria (2), Serbia and Montenegro (2), Bosnia and Hercegovina (1), Slovenia (1) and Ukraine (1). The most western discovery comes from the Danube: Linz-St. Peter in Austria. The easternmost findings come from Araci and Petriv, from the south-eastern part of Transylvania and eastern part of Ukraine. In the south-south-west the axes of this type reach the shores of the Adriatic Sea, at Spic and Montenegro, and in the north up to Skomorochy Male, in Poland. There are certain discoveries of this type in the Transcarpathian Ukraine, perhaps some of those illustrated in the work of J. M. Jankovich: eight copper axes of various types, certainly crossarmed axes, and probably hammeraxes (JANKOVICH 1931. cross-armed axes: pi. 3: 7, 11; perhaps hammeraxes: pi. 3: 4-6, 8).

13 The circumstances of discovery The observations and the possible interpretations regarding the context, the area of spread in general, and Fig. 4 Distribution of the Székely-Nádudvar hammer-axe type by countries 4. kép A Székely-Nádudvar típusú rézbalták országok szerinti megoszlása Fig. 5 Context of finds of the Székely-Nádudvar hammer-axe type 1 : unknown provenance, 2: known provenance 5. kép A Székely-Nádudvar típusú rézbalták megtalálási körülményei 1: ismeretlen lelőhelyű, 2: ismert lelőhelyű 12 For example, the hammer-axes from Galospetreu (Bihor county), and Becheni (Satu Mare County) both in private collections mentioned by NÉMETI 1999. 33: no. 20b, 92: no. 92c. " About the Copper Age axe from Ukraine see also KOBÁLY 2006. 53