A horn worth blowing? A stray find of aurochs from Hungary.

From: Antiquity | Date: December 1, 1997| Author: Bartosiewicz, Laszlo | Copyright information

One of three aurochs horn cores discovered during the construction of city baths in Vac, Hungary, represents a rare artifact from decorative horn manufacturing in medieval times. The Vac horn core was found to come from a relatively small but mature aurochs bull and was removed with the use of a metal saw. It was also found to have been produced in an area dominated by medieval urban occupation. The sheath that covered it matched the sizes of late medieval drinking horns from northern Europea...

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