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

Régészet - Dan Pop: The Copper Axe from Corni

Dan Pop The signs or "marks" on the copper axes still can be interpreted in several ways. Even if we cannot eliminate a probable functional role - related to the moment of casting - or ornamental one, I think that these were profane symbols (?) or sacred symbols. The hammer-axe from Corni (Fig. 2) belongs to the Székely-Nádudvar type, the Monostorpályi version resembling those discovered at Ip (PI. II: 2), Lelei (PI. II: 1), Särväzel (Pl. I: 3), Varviz (PI. Ill: 8), Cachtice (PI. XV: 7), Linz (PL XIV: 5) and probably it was placed in the "Guruiét" site by the Tiszapolgár communities in their close proximity. Appendix 1 Hammer-axes of Székely and Nádudvar type (A: Austria; BG: Bulgaria; BIH: Bosnia and Herzegovina; H: Hungary; HR: Croatia; PL: Poland; RO: Romania; SK: Slovakia; SCG: Serbia and Montenegro; SLO: Slovenia; CZ: Czech Republic, UA: Ukraine) No. Site and country Stray finds Unknown provenance Hoards Settlements Other context Marks Number of pieces Literature 1 Apagy (H) PI. IX: 4 X 1 PATAY 1984. 50: no. 217, pi. 17: 217 2 Apagy (H) PI. VIII: 9 X 1 PATAY 1984. 50: no. 216, pi. 16: 216 3 Araci (RO) PI. I: 4 X X 1 VULPE 1975. 27: no. 44, pi. 5: 44 4 Vicinity of Baia Mare (RO) PI. Ill: 4 mine ? ? 1 ? KACSÓ 2003. 37-38, fig. 1, KACSÓ 2004. pl. 15, PATAY 1984. 51: no. 225, pi. 18: 225 - "unknown provenance", 100: no. 584 - "vicinity of Baia Mare" 5 "Békés" (H) Pl. XIII: 3 1 PATAY 1984. 60-61: no. 275, pi. 24: 275 (Agnita type), DANKÓ-PATAY 2000. 16, fig. 9 (Székely-Nádudvar type, Apagy variant) 6 Beta (RO) PI. I: 1 X X VULPE 1975. 27: no. 47, pi. 5: 47 7 Biharnagybajom (H) Pl. XIII: 2 X X HAJDÚ 1999. 17, fig. 1 8 Bratislava (vicinity) (SK) PI. XV: 10 X X NOVOTNÁ 1970. 23: no. 93, pi. 4: 93, PATAY 1984. 99: no. 580, pi. 54: 580 9 "Budakalász" (H) Pl.

VII: 5 X PATAY 1984. 50: no. 206, pi. 15: 206 10 Budapest-Csepel (H) Pl. VII: 6 X PATAY 1984. 50: no. 207, pi. 15: 207 11 Budapest (H) Pl. X: 7 X X PATAY 1984. 52.: no. 231, pi. 18: 231 12 Budapest-Csepel (H) Pl. IX: 2 X PATAY 1984. 50: no. 219, pi. 17: 219 13 Budapest-Békásmegyer (H) Pl. XII: 8 PATAY 1984. 53: no. 246, pi. 20: 246 14 Budapest (H) Pl. XII: 10 PATAY 1984. 54: no. 247, pi. 20: 247 15 Bükkaranyos (H) Pl. XI: 2 X PATAY 1984. 52: no. 234, pi. 19: 234 16 Cachtice (SK) Pl. XV: 7 X X NOVOTNÁ 1970. 23: no. 94, pi. 4: 94 17 Carei (RO) Pl. III: 7 X VULPE 1975. 27: no. 42A, pi. 4: 42A, PATAY 1984. 98, pi. 53:576 18 Celldömölk (?) (H) Pl. X: 4 X PATAY 1984. 51: no. 226, pi. 18: 226 19 "Cluj" (RO) Pl. I: 5 VULPE 1975. 27: no. 45, pi. 5: 45 20 "Cluj" (RO) Pl. I: 6 VULPE 1975. 27: no. 46, pi. 5: 46