We found a match
Your institution may have rights to this item. Sign in to continue.
- Title
The Sarmizegetusa bracelets.
- Authors
Constantinescu, Bogdan; Oberlander-Tarnoveanu, Ernest; Bugoi, Roxana; Cojocaru, Viorel; Radtke, Martin
- Abstract
We present the authentication and analysis of these beautiful Dacian bracelets of the first century BC, originally pillaged by treasure hunters and recovered thanks to an international crime chase. They were originally fashioned from gold panned from the rivers or dug from the mines of Transylvania and hammered into the form of coiled snakes. The lack of context is the greatest loss, but a votive purpose is likely given their proximity to the great sacred centre at Sarmizegetusa Regia.
- Subjects
DACIA; TRANSYLVANIA (Romania); ROMANIA; BRACELETS; HISTORY of Transylvania, Romania; JEWELRY -- History
- Publication
Antiquity, 2010, Vol 84, Issue 326, p1028
- ISSN
0003-598X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S0003598X00067053