Hoard I from Erfweiler-Ehlingen

The hoard I from Erfweiler-Ehlingen was found in 2002 on the field Am Rodenwald belonging to the municipality of Erfweiler-Ehlingen . The site is only about 600 meters away from the place where Hortfund II from Erfweiler-Ehlingen was discovered in 2007 . The find consisted of five foot rings and dates back to the late Bronze Age (900 BC).

Finding

On April 7, 2002, a farmer found two bronze hollow metal rings in a field. They were located in a channel in the arable soil that was created after heavy rainfall by rainwater running off. During an inspection by the farmer's son, he found two massive bronze foot rings and the broken third of another hollow sheet metal ring. During a follow-up examination by the State Monuments Office , only the missing two thirds of the one hollow sheet metal ring were found. No further discoveries could be made. It is assumed that the five rings are part of an incomplete hoard find . The finds are in detail:

An open, solid bronze foot ring with an oval diameter and with a tapering diameter towards the flat, rounded die ends and with an ornament of 68 even vertical individual ribs (diameter 10.6 cm × 8.2 cm; thickness (averaged) 1.25 cm) .
An open, solid bronze foot ring with an oval diameter and with a tapering diameter towards the flat, rounded die ends and with an ornament of 69 even vertical individual ribs (diameter 10.8 cm × 8.1 cm; thickness (averaged) 1.25 cm) .
A hollow sheet metal foot ring with an inner slot made of bronze with an oval diameter and with a tapering diameter towards the disc ends as well as with an ornament of 46 even vertical individual ribs and flattened top and bottom (diameter 10.5 cm × 8.3 cm; thickness (averaged ) 1.5 cm × 1.2 cm).
A hollow sheet metal foot ring (consisting of two parts) with an inner slot made of bronze with an oval diameter and a diameter that tapers towards the disc ends as well as with an ornament of 43 even vertical individual ribs and flattened top and bottom (diameter 10.5 cm × 8.5 cm ; Thickness (averaged) 1.3 cm × 1.25 cm).
A hollow sheet metal foot ring with an inner slot made of bronze with an oval diameter and with a tapering diameter towards the ends of the paws and with an ornament of 58 even vertical individual ribs and flattened top and bottom (diameter 10.1 cm × 8.0 cm; thickness (averaged ) 1.4 cm × 1.2 cm).

literature

Svend v. Hansen , Daniel Neumann, Tilmann Vachta (eds.): Hort and space: Current research on Bronze Age landfills in Central Europe. De Gruyter, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-11-029020-2
Svend v. Hansen, Daniel Neumann, Tilmann Vachta (eds.): Space, gift and memory: votive offerings and sanctuaries in prehistoric and ancient societies. edition topoi, Berlin 2016, ISBN 978-3-9816751-3-9 .

Individual evidence

↑ Walter Reinhard: The late Bronze Age hoards 2002 and 2007 from Erfweiler-Ehlingen. In: Celts, Romans and Germanic tribes in Bliesgau (= preservation of monuments in Saarland. Volume 3). Foundation European Cultural Park Bliesbrück-Reinheim, 2010, ISBN 978-3-9811591-2-7 , p. 22 f.

49.208566 7.156725 318Coordinates: 49 ° 12 ′ 30.8 ″ N , 7 ° 9 ′ 24.2 ″ E

[1] Walter Reinhard: The late Bronze Age hoards 2002 and 2007 from Erfweiler-Ehlingen. In: Celts, Romans and Germanic tribes in Bliesgau (= preservation of monuments in Saarland. Volume 3). Foundation European Cultural Park Bliesbrück-Reinheim, 2010, ISBN 978-3-9811591-2-7 , p. 22 f.