An homogeneous group of cylindrical copper made jugs, brought together by their similar form and manufacturing technique, allows the identification of a large production dated to the VIth century, which had a wide diffusion from Constantinople through the Aegan coasts and the whole Mediterranean area. Two categories may be singled out depending upon whether their connected accessories were iron or bronze made, such accessories being the handle and the stripe used for fastening the handle to the neck while strenghthening the latter. The chain which links the lid to the handle is another typical feature of this group, which was equally imitated in contemporary ceramics. The diffusion map of those jugs suggests that there existed a net of multiple workshops reproducing identical types.

Une production caractéristique de cruches en alliage cuivreux: (VIe-VIIIe siècles)

L’article se propose de dresser le catalogue des objets de bronze qui font partie du tresor protobyzantin decouvert accidentellement en 1907 dans la ville de Stara Zagora. Le tresor se compose dart...

A Collective find from the early Byzantine Age found in Stara Zagora

The site of Tiszagyenda-Búszerző dűlő became known during the archaeological and field surveys prior to the construction of the Tiszaroff Dam. The site covered the northern part of a large contiguous Migration Period settlement, the southern extents of which were discovered within the same project.The settlement occupying both banks of the Tisza River's backwater had been inhabited for centuries. The first settlers in the Bronze Age (leaving behind three burials) were followed by the Sarmatians (seven burials), Gepids (nineteen burials), Avars (seven burials) and finally tribes of Hungarian conquerors (81 burials). Besides of the linear graveyards of common people, solitary, richly-furnished graves of the Gepid and the Avar Periods were also found.The solitary grave of an armed man was unearthed on the west bank of the Tisza's backwater. His horse and his dog, cut in half and thrown over the horse, were buried a couple steps away in a separate grave. Grave No. 1660 is of especially outstanding archaeological value. Dated by the solidus of Byzantian Emperor Maurikios Tiberius (582–602), the grave held rich finds decorated with Early Christian symbols. The mounts of the swordbelt and his belt-set refer to Lombard and Merovingian connections. The Gepid-Germanic warrior of Gyenda was buried in the early Avar period after the collapse of the Gepid Kingdom in 567–568, in the first decade of the 7th century.

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A 6th–7th century solitary burial of a warrior with his horse at Tiszagyenda