Armband - Catalog No. 60

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Record details

Catalog No.
60
Material
Gold
Origin
Dunavecse, Hungary
Date Range
1600-1450 BC
Length (cm)
13.8
Diameter (cm)
6.2 x 7.1
Weight (g)
282.50
Inventory Number
1972.5.1
Current Location
Hungarian National Museum, Budapest, Hungary
Bibliography

Kovács 1977:94, Plate 28; Kovács 1991; Kovács 1999:49–50, Figures 24, 24a; Tarbay 2022; Tarbay and Maróti 2022:Table 1:4.

Recommended citation

Gyucha, Attila and William A. Parkinson, 2023. Armband - Catalog No. 60 for First Kings of Europe: Exhibition Catalog. Version 1. Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press. https://doi.org/10.25346/S6/AGIPTI

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This unique gold sheet armband with high silver content lacks exact parallels—only an armband from Bilje in Croatia and another specimen from Tápióbicske in Hungary show similarities with the object. The armband has an elaborate decorative pattern that depicts stylized celestial bodies; these ornaments occur in the Middle Bronze Age Transylvanian–Eastern Carpathian metallurgical circle. Although the Dunavecse armband is an ostentatious prestige object, abrasion traces along its crescent-shaped ends indicate that it was likely worn by the bearer.

János Gábor Tarbay