Prince grave of Gommern

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The princely grave of Gommern is one of the richest and best preserved graves in Germania magna from the Roman imperial era . It was located on a dune on the Gerstenberg near Gommern , Jerichower Land district . It was discovered in 1990 by volunteer conservationists .

During the archaeological excavation, a wooden burial chamber measuring 2 × 3 meters was uncovered and recovered in the block . The processing of the block and the restoration of the finds followed in ten years of laboratory work. It was about the burial of a man around 25 to 30 years old who had died around the middle of the 3rd century. The rich additions made of gold, silver, bronze, glass and wood suggest a high-ranking personality.

A large pompous shield, the hump of which was made from a Roman silver vessel, as well as other objects of Roman origin such as coins, glass vessels and a bronze tripod indicate connections to the Roman Empire. Next to it was a wide leather belt adorned with gold leaf with pressed sheet metal applications and silver buckles from Germanic manufacture.

From October 2000 to February 2001 the finds were presented to the public in the exhibition Gold for Eternity - The Germanic Prince's Grave of Gommern of the State Museum for Prehistory Halle (Saale).

literature

  • Matthias Becker : Gommern, Ldkr. Jerichower Land. In: Siegfried Fröhlich (Ed.): From the prehistory of Saxony-Anhalt. State Museum for Prehistory Halle (Saale), Halle (Saale) 1995, ISBN 3-910010-13-X , No. 29.
  • Matthias Becker: Gold for eternity - the Germanic princely grave of Gommern. Accompanying volume for the special exhibition from October 18, 2000 to February 28, 2001 in the State Museum for Prehistory in Halle (Saale). State Museum for Prehistory Halle (Saale), Halle (Saale) 2000, ISBN 3-910010-55-5 , 2nd, improved edition, Halle (Saale) 2001, ISBN 978-3-910010-55-0 .
  • Matthias Becker: The princely grave of Gommern. Halle (Saale): State Office for Monument Preservation and Archeology Saxony-Anhalt, State Museum for Prehistory 2010 (= publications of the State Office for Monument Preservation and Archeology Saxony-Anhalt, State Museum for Prehistory; 63), 2 vol., ISBN 978-3-939414-36 -0

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Remarks

  1. ↑ a b http://www.landschaftsmuseum.de/Seiten/Lexikon/Fuerstengrab_Gommern.htm
  2. ^ State Museum for Prehistory, Halle

Coordinates: 52 ° 4 ′ 59.5 "  N , 11 ° 45 ′ 41.4"  E