Cuirass - Catalog No. 49
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Petres and Jankovits 2014:45–46, 48–53, Figures 2–9; Mödlinger 2017:172, 184–88, 213, No. 134.
Gyucha, Attila and William A. Parkinson, 2023. Cuirass - Catalog No. 49 for First Kings of Europe: Exhibition Catalog. Version 1. Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press. https://doi.org/10.25346/S6/VTAT0D
This two-part cuirass was allegedly found in the Danube River and was purchased from a private collector in 1982. The breast plate depicts a stylized male body, and was made by embossing and using the so-called ‘repoussé’ technique. According to the Hungarian classification, the artifact belongs to the eastern Alpine–Carpathian cuirass group. Presumably influenced by Greek workshops, it was made for a warrior in the Danube region and its deposition in the river may have occurred for ritual or ceremonial reasons.
Ágnes Kovács and János Gábor Tarbay