Hanging brooch
The babilonie type hanging brooch; formerly called the tutulus brooch (from the Latin tutulus , Roman priest's hat or headdress or hairstyle of Roman ladies) is a rare find in Germany of fibulae .
The primers called “Tutulus primers of the babilonie type” were renamed in 1989 by D. Bérenger due to a new dating approach. Previously, only individual finds were known that were assigned to the tutulus primers from the Late Imperial Period and the Migration Period. Closed grave finds from a cremation cemetery near Hiddenhausen - Eilshausen enabled Bérenger to date them to the 3rd or 2nd century BC.
In researching the Schnippenburg in Ostercappeln in the district of Osnabrück in Lower Saxony , the number of well-known pieces of this type increased by hoards , from six to 16. Previously, only six specimens from northeastern Westphalia known. All pieces show influences from the Protoceltic La Tène period . The objects structured in the form were cast in one piece.
Appearance
The Lower Saxon hanging brooches are of the same type as the Westphalian ones. However, there are differences in the details, mainly in terms of size and decoration . The new finds vary in length between about 6 and 10 cm and are therefore significantly larger than their 5 to 6 cm large, uniformly decorated Westphalian parallels. If there are ribs or grooves, circular ornaments in the center of the bowls are mandatory. However, the new discoveries show two further different variants of the decor across the entire spectrum. The decorations on the bowls consist of two to six concentric grooves. The transition between the cone and the base always has a single or a double rib. Half of the finds also feature double ribs on the cone. With two brooches there were three double ribs evenly spaced. Three copies also have a single rib at the transition to the bowl.
literature
- D. Bérenger: The pre-Roman Iron Age of Northeast Westphalia as reflected in the rich women's grave from Eilshausen. In: Ravensburger Blätter, No. 2 (1989)
- S. Möllers: North Westphalian hanging brooches from Lower Saxony New finds from the Schnippenburg near Ostercappeln Lkrs. Osnabrück In: Archeology in Ostwestfalen, Vol. 7 (2002)
Individual evidence
- ↑ On migration period tutulus primers about Horst Wolfgang Böhme : Germanic grave finds from the 4th to 5th centuries between the lower Elbe and Loire. Beck'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Munich 1974, pp. 19–24.