AN AKINAKES TYPE DAGGER DISCOVERED IN CURCUBEU FOREST, BALTA DOAMNEI COMMUNE (PRAHOVA COUNTY) Cover Image

UN PUMNAL DE TIP AKINAKES DESCOPERIT ÎN PĂDUREA CURCUBEU, COM. BALTA DOAMNEI (JUD. PRAHOVA)
AN AKINAKES TYPE DAGGER DISCOVERED IN CURCUBEU FOREST, BALTA DOAMNEI COMMUNE (PRAHOVA COUNTY)

Author(s): Bogdan Ciupercă, Tudor Hila, Andrei-Cătălin Dîscă, Emil Grigorescu
Subject(s): History, Archaeology, Cultural history
Published by: Editura Cetatea de Scaun
Keywords: akinakes; Hallstatt period; accidental find; Curcubeu forest;

Summary/Abstract: In the spring of 2021, an akinakes type dagger, decorated on one side, was found by metal detecting in a forest nearby Curcubeu village, Balta Doamnei commune, southern Prahova County. Typologically, the dagger fals into the Suseni-Măcişeni/ Vettettersfelde type. According to Romanian law, the object was handed over and became part of the inventory of the Prahova County Museum of History and Archaeology.

  • Issue Year: 2023
  • Issue No: 15
  • Page Range: 219-226
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Romanian
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