MEDENÝ SEKEROMLAT TYPU SZENDRŐ Z HLOHOVCA, ČASŤ ŠULEKOVO

An accidental find of a copper axe-hammer of the Szendrő type from a slight elevation, is rising in the inundation area between the Váh and Horný Dudváh rivers in the past. The hammered butt of the tool in the basal part decorated with the so-called Axtmarks (axe marks) points to its primary use as a hammer. The concavely bent surroundings of the shaft hole, the shape of the socket and the slightly upturned butt suggests possible perforation of the shaft hole in the tool immediately after it had been removed from the mould, when the metal was still in the plasma state. The composition of the raw copper probably does not deny use of the north Carpathian sulphide ores.