Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.52064/vamz.54.1.11
Belt buckle with almandine ornament and pieces of fabric from a warrior grave discovered in Novi Čeminac, in Baranja
Anita Dugonjić
Julia Fileš Kramberger
orcid.org/0000-0002-5580-4693
Jacqueline Balen
orcid.org/0000-0001-7770-184X
Abstract
The topic of the article is the unique find of a buckle, discovered at
a small Germanic cemetery in Novi Čeminac, in Baranja, Croatia.
An abundantly decorated iron belt buckle was discovered in situ
above the pelvis of the deceased, and partially under the sword,
and was a part of a soldier’s belt. The buckle from Novi Čeminac
does not have related examples at other sites; and, according to
typological and stylistic characteristics, it belongs to the circle of
Mediterranean buckles of the second half of the 5th century and
the beginning of the 6th. Analysis of the fabric discovered on the
back of the belt buckle shows that it was part of the deceased’s
clothes, and it is possible that it was the upper garment, a wider
piece of attire, gathered and girded with a belt. The cloth is of
fine manufacture, probably local, and shows technical characteristics
relatively typical of the Central Europe of that period.
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Hrčak ID:
266420
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Publication date:
6.12.2021.
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