Royal tomb of Mušov
The royal tomb of Mušov is the very rich 'royal' burial of a high-ranking Germanic elite from the second half of the 2nd century AD.
The grave was found in 1988 in the desert of Mušov (German Muschau) near Pasohlávky in South Moravia in the Czech Republic , not far from the border with Austria . The place sank in 2000 in the Nové Mlýny dam (German Neumühl).
The approximately 6 × 4 × 3 m, largely looted grave is classified as one of the so-called elite graves due to its rich furnishings . An outstanding find is a bronze cauldron, the handles of which consist of four cast heads of Germanic men wearing a Suebi knot .
At the time of the Marcomann Wars (166–180 AD) near Mušov there was a vast military complex of the II Legion on the hill Hradisko (German Burgstall), which is occupied by a Roman bathhouse and seventeen military camps nearby .
Due to the reference to the military facilities, it is assumed that the buried person was a Germanic ruler who was friendly to Rome. Historically attested is z. B. Ballomar (Latin Ballomarius), who in the 2nd century and at the time of Emperor Marcus Aurelius was king of the Suebian Marcomanni , a Germanic tribe that settled in present-day Bohemia.
literature
- Jaroslav Tejral : Mušov. In: Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde (RGA). 2nd Edition. Volume 20, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2001, ISBN 3-11-017164-3 , pp. 425-433. (introductory article)
- Jaroslav Peška, Jaroslav Tejral: The Germanic royal tomb of Mušov in Moravia. 3 volumes, Mainz 2002.
- Kristian Elschek: Zohor - A new princely grave of the “Lübsow Group” and cremation graves with precious metal gifts from Zohor (western Slovakia). In: Matthias Hardt, O. Heinrich-Tamáska (ed.): Basic problems. Topic: Power of Gold - Gold of Power. (= Research on late antiquity and the Middle Ages. Volume 2), Weinstadt 2013, pp. 91–123.
Coordinates: 48 ° 53 ′ 45 " N , 16 ° 36 ′ 3.7" E