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Archaeological Collection

Jewellery

Jewellery
Item name:Jewellery
Dating:8th and 9th c.
Findspot:Predtrg near Radovljica, Pristava in Bled, Smokuč
On display:Medieval Stories from the Crossroads

Description

The earliest objects ascribed to the Slavs inhabiting the Alpine valleys are ceramic vessels, but also jewellery of thin bronze wire and sheet bronze: brooches, earrings with loops, hoop earrings with glass and metal beads, silver temple rings, a variety of finger rings, as well as necklaces of eastern origin. These early items are attributed to the 8th century, some scholars even posit the late 8th century.


Details

1. Necklace, glass, string l. 40 cm, Predtrg near Radovljica, Inv. No. S 2036.

2. Finger ring, bronze and glass, h. 2.55 cm, Pristava in Bled, Grave 22, Inv. No. S 72.

3. Finger ring, silver, diam. 1.93 cm, Pristava in Bled, Grave 159, Inv. No. S 295.

4. Finger ring, bronze, diam. 1.89 cm, Pristava in Bled, Grave 142, Inv. No. S 271.

5. Finger ring, gilded bronze and glass, diam. 2.35 cm, Pristava in Bled, Grave 69, Inv. No. S 160.

6. Earring, bronze and glass, h. 6.5 cm, Pristava in Bled, Grave 142, Inv. No. S 268.

7. Earring, bronze, h. 8 cm, Pristava in Bled, Grave 125, Inv. No. S 234.

8. Earring, bronze and glass, h. 6.5 cm, Pristava in Bled, Grave 195, Inv. No. S 291.

9. Earring, bronze and glass, h. 7.2 cm, Pristava in Bled, Grave 65, Inv. No. S 142.

10. Temple ring, silver, diam. 3.1 cm, Pristava in Bled, Grave 22, Inv. No. S 66.

11. Pair of temple rings, silver, diam. 3.5 and 3.45 cm, Pristava in Bled, Grave 69, Inv. Nos. S 158 and S 159.

12. Temple ring, bronze and glass, diam. 3.65 cm, Smokuč, Grave 51, Inv. No. S 5593.

13. Temple ring, silver and glass, diam. 4.13 cm, Smokuč, Grave 51, Inv. No. S 5591.


Further reading

Knific, Timotej in Nabergoj, Tomaž, 2016: Medieval Stories from the Crossroads, Ljubljana, Fig. 79, pp. 66-75.


On display in the Permanent Exhibition