Gold find from Håringe
The gold find from Håringe , in the north of the 45 km² island Bolmsö in Lake Bolmen in Småland in Sweden , was made in 1911 in a cremation grave on the cemetery at Kungshögen (King's Hill). The approximately 500 graves on the island were partially excavated in several actions in the 19th and 20th centuries. In addition to numerous glass beads and iron objects, objects made of gold and two guldgubbars were also found.
The amateur archaeologist Francis Johan Eneström examined a total of 53 graves near the village of Håringe on Bolmsö in 1911 and 1912. The two famous guldgubbars were found in an excavation. One can clearly see a beard and long hair in the pictures of men. The 1.5 cm gold plates were made with the same stamp and are exactly the same. At the same time, Eneström found bronze buttons , a knife, parts of a spearhead and burned bones. The burned bones came from humans and animals (dog, horse and bear), as it later turned out. The bear bones came from the bear's paws, which suggests that the corpse was cremated while lying on a bear skin.
The graves on Bolmsö are generally more affluent than others from the late Iron Age (500–1050 AD) in the region. The island probably had sacred significance for the region at this time or was one of the Iron Age central places , which otherwise often had to be connected to seaports (e.g. Gammel Lundeborg , Helgö , Uppåkra ). The Königshügel itself, however, was older and lacking in funds.
The Guldgubbar are now in the Statens historiska Museum in Stockholm .
literature
- Margrethe Watt: Gubber. In: Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde (RGA). 2nd Edition. Volume 13, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 1999, ISBN 3-11-016315-2 , pp. 132-142.
Web links
- Kungshögen - entry in the database "Fornsök" des Riksantikvarieämbetet (Swedish)
- Description (swedish)
Coordinates: 57 ° 0 ′ 24 ″ N , 13 ° 46 ′ 37 ″ E