Tutulus (jewelry)

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Tutuli from the Loshult hoard

The ambiguous term tutulus (better known under the plur.tutuli ) denotes ornate linear or stepped, conical decorative elements (bronze tin hats, witch hats) ending in a central spine, different in material (bronze, gold) and size, which are made by means of eyelets, from the bronze ( Hort von Jeditz ) until the time of the Migration Period as appliqués on women's clothing. The shape is also found in fibulae , brooches ( hanging brooches ) and earrings.

Small (7–8 mm), flat designs in gold have been found in the Priam treasure. The mostly multi-part finds are spread across Europe and the Orient. In the north they can be 5 to 6 cm in diameter (conical graves from Boldebuck), the size of saucers , in Jutland they can be plates . In general, especially later, they are about the size of a thimble , like the 43 tutuli in the " Girl from Molzbach ".

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literature

  • D. Bérenger: The pre-Roman Iron Age of Northeast Westphalia as reflected in the rich women's grave from Eilshausen. In: Ravensburger Blätter, No. 2 (1989)
  • S. Möllers: North Westphalian hanging brooches from Lower Saxony New finds from the Schnippenburg near Ostercappeln Lkrs. Osnabrück In: Archeology in Ostwestfalen, Vol. 7 (2002)
  • F.-R. Herrmann, A. Jockenhövel (Hrsg.): "Mädchen von Molzbach" - Middle Bronze Age burial of Hünfeld-Molzbach, district Fulda, Hessen In: Die Urgeschichte Hessens Stuttgart 1990