This exceptional object was acquired by the Hungarian National Museum at the end of the nineteenth century. Based on its stylistic analogies, it was most likely manufactured in Slovakia or northeastern Hungary. The artifact has a hollow body and attached loops for hanging, and it was cast using the lost-wax technique, a technology which is most appropriate for producing objects with complex geometry.
This large bronze vessel, a so-called ‘hydria,’ was part of the burial assemblage of a chiefly member of the Iron Age society of the Great Hungarian Plain. The assemblage also contained weapons and personal adornments, including a gold diadem, characteristic of the elite of likely Scythian origin of the Middle Iron Age in the region.
This bronze helmet was part of an elite warrior hoard deposited in a large ceramic vessel. It was placed in a situla (bucket-shaped vessel), covered with a cauldron, along with two arm spirals. The helmet’s body was embossed from a flat disc, and cast-on technology was used to produce the knob. It is a thick and quite efficient piece of armor that was fixed onto an organic padding with rivets.
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.
