Prince's grave of Kemnitz
Coordinates: 52 ° 24 '16.9 " N , 12 ° 53' 7.4" E
| Prince's grave of Kemnitz | ||
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| Find designation | Ground monument 30737 | |
| location | Brandenburg , Germany | |
| Location | near Kemnitz | |
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| When | Roman Imperial Era , 150 to 200 AD | |
| Where | Kemnitz , Werder / Brandenburg | |
| displayed | Permanent exhibition at the Brandenburg State Archaeological Museum in the Paulikloster | |
The Suebian princely grave of Kemnitz is an archaeological find in the Kemnitz district of the city of Werder ( Potsdam-Mittelmark district , Brandenburg ), dated between 150 and 200 AD.
Find description
The burial of a Germanic elite warrior to those described in the Havel area home at this time Sueben is attributed to is part of the largest Germanic cemeteries of the Roman Empire in Brandenburg .
The urn grave field in the Vogelsangheide forest comprises 926 burials on 4300 m²; About 900 urn graves, 23 bone beds and one cinder pit grave were discovered on it. The archaeological find is listed as ground monument 30737.
In the princely grave of Kemnitz (grave 622) there were Roman objects such as the valuable and well-preserved bronze bucket from Kemnitz , made around 100 AD , the attachments of which are decorated with winged faces, while the ends of the handles are decorated with stylized dragon heads. Other finds include a golden finger ring, chain mail, a bronze belt, glass beads , embossed bronze sheets with depictions of the saga of Heracles and copies of Roman metal vessels. Thomas Fischer suggested that the bronze sheets were the remains of a rare Roman muscle armor . The find is part of the collection in the Brandenburg State Archaeological Museum in the Paulikloster .
Remarks
- ↑ Horst Geisler: An aristocratic grave on the Germanic urn grave field near Kemnitz, Kr. Potsdam – Land. Magazine Arch. 7, 1973, p. 279
- ↑ Monument List Potsdam-Mittelmark ( Memento of the original from January 6, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 21 kB). Accessed December 24, 2013.
literature
- Horst Geisler: An aristocratic grave on the Germanic urn grave field near Kemnitz, Kr. Potsdam – Land. In: Journal of Archeology 7. 1973, p. 279 ff.
- Horst Geisler: The Germanic urn grave field near Kemnitz, Kr. Potsdam-Land. In: Publications of the Museum for Pre- and Early History Potsdam . Volume 8, part 1. 1974.
- Horst Geisler: The Germanic urn grave field near Kemnitz, Kr. Potsdam – Land. In: Publications of the Museum for Pre- and Early History Potsdam . Volume 18, Part 3. 1984, pp. 77-174.
- Thomas Fischer: Comments on grave 622 von Kemnitz, Potsdam district in Brandenburg. In: center and periphery. Social phenomena in early history . 2004, pp. 131-142 online .
