Treasure of Pietroasa
The Pietroasa Treasure is an archaeological find in Romania from the first half of the 19th century. This treasure was shown at the World Exhibition in Paris in 1867 and was given the nickname Cloşca cu puii de aur - the hen with the golden chicks , because of the four bird-shaped fibulae . The treasure is exhibited in the National Historical Museum of Bucharest .
discovery
In 1837 the Pietroasa treasure was discovered during quarry work near the village of Pietroasa ( Buzău County ). The finders of the treasure, two farmers, initially kept this find a secret in order to sell it. Some pieces of the treasure were damaged in the process. In the same year, however, the treasure was confiscated by the authorities. In total, there are twelve items with a total weight of approx. 19 kg. The treasure consists of two complete chokers - including Pietroassa's ring -, a bowl, a jug, a large plate, two fragments of the neck ring and four fibulae . A total of ten other objects, such as arm rings and a choker with an inscription, were lost because the finder had already sold them to an Albanian bricklayer.
Dating
Initially attributed to King Athanaric of the third quarter of the 4th century, it appears, as a number of important features suggest, that the treasure was not buried until around the middle of the 5th century. In this case he would be assigned to the Ostrogoths . The high quality of the work seems to come from Byzantine workshops. Another theory links the treasure to Gainas , a Roman general of Gothic descent.
Individual evidence
- ^ First by Alexandru Odobescu : Le Trésor de Petrossa . Paris, 1900.
literature
v. Heizmann, Nahl Runica, Germanica, Mediaevalia Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde - supplementary volumes 37 de Gruyter 2003 ISBN 978-3-11-017778-7
