Nagyszentmiklós treasure
The treasure of Nagyszentmiklós is an important gold treasure that was found in 1799 by the farmer Nera Vuin during excavations in his garden in Sânnicolau Mare ( German Großsanktnikolaus , Hungarian Nagyszentmiklós ; today in Romania). Today it is in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna .
description
It consists of 23 early medieval gold vessels with a total weight of almost 10 kg. The ethnic and art-historical classification of this treasure is not entirely clear; the vessels were probably made between the 7th and 9th centuries . Finds of Avar graves with runic inscriptions on bones correspond to the runes of Nagyszentmiklós, so that it cannot be ruled out that the gold finds are also of Avar origin (see also Avar language ). A Bulgarian origin cannot be ruled out either, since the Bulgarian Empire ruled the region at that time .
The treasure of Grand Saint Nicholas was exhibited at the beginning of 2011 in Sânnicolau Mare, Dudeştii Vechi and Timişoara , albeit only in copy .
literature
- József Hampel : The gold find from Nagy-Szent-Miklós, the so-called "Treasure of Attila". Contribution to the history of art of the migration epoch. Budapest, F. Kilián 1885
- Kurt Horedt: At the time of the treasure trove of Sinnicolau Mare (Nagyszentmiklós). Archäologisches Korrespondenzblatt 13.4, 1983, pp. 503–505.
- Gyula László, István Rácz: The gold treasure of Nagyszentmiklós. Budapest, Corvina 1977, 1983; Vienna, Schroll 1983. ISBN 963-13-0435-3 ; ISBN 3-7031-0566-6
- Robert Göbl , András Róna-Tas: The inscriptions of the treasure of Nagy-Szentmiklós. A paleographic documentation. Vienna, Publishing House of the Austrian Academy of Sciences 1995. ISBN 3-7001-2197-0
- Avar gold. Nagyszentmiklós' gold treasure. Budapest, Helikon 2002. ISBN 963-208-787-9
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ www.temeswar.diplo.de , German Consulate in Timisoara, press evaluation September 1-5 , 2010