Museum of: Budapest
    Name of the artefact: Trumpet-shell horn
   
The end of the Triton-shell was cut off; it is worn with use. According to earlier descriptions, a drilled hole could also be observed for suspension.
                                 
 
WHERE IS IT AND MAIN CHARACTERISTICS
  
STATE
Department:
Department of Prehistory
Preservation:
 Very good
Inventory number:
MNM 57.1.1.
Restauration:
 Restored
Name of the artefact:
Trumpet-shell horn
Completeness:
 Complete
Object type:
Tool
  
Material:
Trumpet-shell (Triton Nodiferum)
Methof of manufacture:
Natural material with polished end
Decoration type:
No decoration
Distinctive mark:
-
DIMENSIONS
  
PERIOD OF USE
Length (mm):
235
Epoque:
Copper Age
Heigth (mm):
-
Culture:
Baden culture
Diameter (mm):
23 (at mouth-piece)
Period:
Late Copper Age
Width (mm):
118
Face:
Classical
Thickness (mm):
-
Absolute chronology:
3600-2800 BC
Weight (g):
537
DISCOVERY
Date:
1932
Country:
Hungary
District:
III. Békásmegyer
Town hall affiliation:
-
Village:
-
Discovery findspot:
Békásmegyer-Kollár földje
Condition of discovery:
Archaeological excavation
Discovery type:
Grave
 
ANALYSES – DETERMINATIONS
 
FILLED IN BY
Type:
-
Name:
Anna Endrődi
Laboratory:
-
Institution:
Budapest History Museum
No./Code:
-
Date:
20/10/2005
 
DEEPENINGS

Morphology of the object:
The craftsman who made this object made use of the natural form of the trumpet-shell (Triton Nodiferum).

Decoration:
The object is undecorated.

Inscription:
-

Analogies:
-

Interpretation:
As a native of the Mediterranean Sea, the trumpet-shell must have reached the Carpathian Basin by trade routes, once perhaps used as a musical instrument during ritual ceremonies.
Bibliography:
Tompa, Ferenc: Budapest története. Budapest az ókorban I. Budapest (1942) 30-34. 4.t.5. Banner, János: Die Péceler kultur. Arch.Hung. 35. Budapest (1956) 289 p. . 69-70, 201. lh, 39. t, 41. t Endrődi, Anna: Adatok Békásmegyer őskori településtörténetéhez. A későrézkori bádeni kultúra települései és temetkezései. (Facis concerning the Prehistoric Settlement History of Békásmegyer: Settlements and Burial-Places of the Baden Culture from the Late Copper Age) BudRég XXXV, 2002, 4-47.