Twisted Wire Bracelets with Looped Ends in the Danube Basin (10th–11th Centuries)
Twisted Wire Bracelets with Looped Ends in the Danube Basin (10th–11th Centuries)

Summary/Abstract: Among the tenth-eleventh century jewelry items, one notes the bracelets with looped ends,made of twisted wire. The technique of making such bracelets is rather simple: a bronze rod was bent twice, thentwisted, leading to the formation of two oval-shaped loops, and the wires left at the ends were inserted insidethe loops and rolled into spirals. Such bracelets are found among funerary discoveries in Transylvania, Slovakia,Vojvodina, and Hungary. One notes that their maximum frequency can be placed during the second half ofthe tenth century, as attested by their association with some reminiscences of the Saltovo environment. Infunerary inventories, such bracelets are associated with shapes Giesler 4 (Čakajovce/M. 124, Hajdúböszörmény-Bodaszőlő-Büdöskút/M. 7, Nitra-Zobor/M. 38), Giesler 5 (Alba Iulia- Izvorul Împăratului. M. 7/2014, Galanta-Papföld/M. 13, Malé Kosihy/M. 489, Nitra-Zobor/M. 38), Giesler 13 (Alba Iulia-Izvorul Împăratului. M. 7/2014,Aldebrő –Mocsáros/M. 13, Bánov/M. 25, Szentes- Szentlászló/ M. 48, Szőreg-Homokbánya/M. 38), Saltovoearrings (Bešeňov/M. 79, Galanta-Papföld/M. 13, Sóshartyán-Hosszútető/M. 30), Giesler 19 (Čakajovce/M.475), Giesler 2 (Kál-Legelő/M. 35, Pilin-Sirmánhyegy/M. 58, Sóshartyán-Hosszútető/M. 30), Giesler 37(Malé Kosihy/M. 272), Giesler 1 necklaces (Čakajovce/M. 129, Malé Kosihy/M. 231, Nitra/M. 38), rings I–II(Čakajovce/M. 129, M. 258, M. 475, M. 651, Nitra/M. 38), rings with pentagram (Szőreg-Homokbánya/M. 38),disks/medallions (Sóshartyán-Hosszútető/M. 30, Malé Kosihy/M. 269), shape Giesler 17 (Szob-Kiserdő/M. 37),western European coins (Sóshartyán-Hosszútető/M. 30), buttons 11 a and b (Bánov/M. 25, Bešeňov/M. 79,Sóshartyán-Hosszútető/M. 30, Pilin-Sirmánhyegy/M. 75, M. 58, Galanta-Papföld/M. 13, Hajdúböszörmény-Bodaszőlő-Büdöskút/M. 7, Kál-Legelő/M. 35), lozenge-shaped appliqués (Hajdúböszörmény-Bodaszőlő-Büdöskút/M. 7, Kistokaj-Homokbánya/M. 45), crotal bell Giesler 10 (Čakajovce/M. 475), saddle stirrups(Eperjes M. 4, Tiszabezdéd- Harangláb dűlő/M. 15), articulated bid (Eperjes M. 4, Tiszabezdéd- Haranglábdűlő/M. 15), ceramic pot (Čakajovce/M. 124), rosette-shaped appliqués, beads (Aldebrő –Mocsáros/M. 7 and M.13, Čakajovce/M. 124, M. 258, M. 475) and kauri shells (Aldebrő –Mocsáros/M. 7; Čakajovce/M. 124, M. 475;Malé Kosihy/M. 489).

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