Bridle from Großörner
Coordinates: 51 ° 37 ′ 0 ″ N , 11 ° 29 ′ 24 ″ E
| Bridle from Großörner | ||
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| location | Saxony-Anhalt , Germany | |
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Großörner exit to Hettstedt |
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| When | Late migration period (around 500 AD) ( Empire of the Thuringians ) |
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| Where | Großörner , Mansfelder Land / Saxony-Anhalt | |
| displayed | State Museum for Prehistory (Halle) , collection | |
The bridle from Großörner , a horse bridle of rider- nomadic provenance, turned out to be the most valuable burial object in an elite grave from Großörner in the Mansfeld region in Saxony-Anhalt . The bridle was together with other valuable grave goods in the old Thuringian boy grave of Großörner . The elite grave was discovered in 1936 during the excavation of a small body grave field by a Germanic elite from the late migration period . The finds in Großörner were examined by the Landesmuseum Halle . The extremely valuable bridle is dated to the late migration period (around 500 AD).
The excellent grave goods gave rise to the connection between the buried boy and the Thuringian kings . The rich burial, robbed as early as the sixth century, is classified as an elite grave of the first order .
Find description
The horse snaffle of rider-nomadic provenance is the most precious of the time of the Great Migration in Europe. The gag snaffle consists of a bit made of iron and inlaid silver using the niello technique . The gag of the bridle, which is located in the horse's mouth, was made of organic material and covered on the sides with fluted gold sleeves. At the end of the side toggle rods there were originally four gold buttons with almandines from Sri Lanka , which were worked into fluted gold foil using the cloisonné technique . Only two of the precious button ends are still preserved. Clear signs of wear on the bridle show that it was used a lot before it was placed in the grave.
Silver inlaid, ribbed gold sleeves over the iron side bars, the almandine in the end buttons of the side bars and silver strap clamps for the reins testify to the extraordinary status of the owner. There is a similar bridle from the high-ranking princely grave of Krefeld-Gellep from Gelduba during the Merovingian era, the precious decoration of which, however, 'only' has silver ribbed sleeves and almandins.
"Prince's grave of Großörner" (finding 19)
The boy's grave in a wooden burial chamber - with a circumference of 2.80 by 3.06 meters and a depth of 2.70 meters - still contained extraordinary grave goods despite being robbed. A golden piston arm ring, silver buttons and the extremely valuable horse snaffle of equestrian nomadic provenance suggest that the buried boy was a member of the old Thuringian royal family. Three riding horses and two hunting dogs were buried in two grave pits next to the boy's grave. Another grave with a horse and a dog was nearby.
Piston arm ring of equestrian nomadic provenance
The piston arm ring above all places the old Thuringian prince's grave among the outstanding elite graves in Europe with a nomadic horseman origin.
Großörner burial ground
The , nobility - necropolis in the area of Thuringian contained 20 inhumations and five animal graves with a total of seven horses and five dogs.
Old Thuringian elite grave (finding 1)
The second elite grave with a wooden burial chamber with a circumference of 4 by 4.5 meters and a depth of 1.40 meters still contained grave goods of an elite warrior of the first rank despite the ancient robbery. Among them was gold brocade , which at that time in the Barbaricum was demonstrably reserved for the royal families of the Germanic elite of Europe.
interpretation
A ' Prince of Old Thuringia' was buried in a wooden chamber with magnificent grave goods. His horses and dogs were buried with him. In addition to a golden wrist ring of equestrian nomadic provenance, the horse snaffle is the most valuable piece of its kind from the late migration period.
exhibition
The excellent bridle - made of gold, almandine and silver with inlaid , niello and cloisonné technique incorporated - is part of the collection of the State Museum for Prehistory in Halle.
Remarks
- ↑ See Tournai , Pouan , Wolfsheim , Fürst , Blučina , Apahida and Mezőbánd (in Hungary).
- ↑ Cf. Günter Behm-Blancke : Society and Art of the Germanic Peoples. The Thuringians and their world. Verlag der Kunst, Dresden 1973, p. 114 ff; see. Berthold Schmidt : The late migration period in Central Germany. Catalog (north and east part) . (= Publications of the State Museum of Prehistory, Hall 29). Berlin 1975, pp. 75-80, plate 177; see. Berthold Schmidt: Großörner . In: Joachim Herrmann et al. (Ed.): Archeology in the German Democratic Republic Volume 2. 1989, pp. 555–557.
literature
- Heiko Steuer : Großörner. In: Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde (RGA). 2nd Edition. Volume 13, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 1999, ISBN 3-11-016315-2 , pp. 85–86 ( paid for via GAO , De Gruyter Online).
- Peter Donat : The aristocratic graves of Großörner and Stoß and the problem of quality group D Merovingian grave furnishings . In: Annual Journal for Middle German Prehistory 72. Halle an der Saale 1989, pp. 185–204.
- Berthold Schmidt : Thuringian high nobility graves of the late migration period . In: Peter Grimm (Ed.): Varia Archaeologica . Offered to Wilhelm Unverzagt for his 70th birthday, writing . Prehistory and Early History Section 16. Berlin 1964, pp. 195–213.
- Berthold Schmidt: The Thuringians . In: Bruno Krüger (Ed.): Die Germanen. History and culture of the Germanic tribes in Central Europe. A manual in two volumes . Berlin 1986, pp. 502-548.
- Berthold Schmidt: The Kingdom of the Thuringians and its provinces . In: Wilfried Menghin , Tobias Springer , Egon Wamers (eds.): Germanen, Hunnen and Avars. Treasures of the Migration Period . Nuremberg 1987, pp. 471-512.
- Berthold Schmidt: The Kingdom of the Thuringians and its incorporation into the Franconian Empire . In: The Franks. Pioneer of Europe . Mainz 1996, pp. 285-297.
- Berthold Schmidt, Jan Bemmann : Body burials of the younger Roman Empire and the time of the Great Migration in Central Germany. Catalog . (= Publications of the State Museum for Prehistory, Hall 61). Halle an der Saale 2008.
