Avar grave goods from the burial at Kunbabony 7th C. CE

"The burial of an adult man at Kunbábony (AC2) contained 2.34 kilograms of gold in form of weaponry covered with precious metal foils, ornamented belt sets with so-called pseudo buckles and drinking vessels. The funerary attire and the grave goods are understood as elements of the steppe nomadic material culture of the period. The technological details and the decoration however suggest a culturally heterogeneous origin. Presented objects: 1-2. earrings; 3. armring; 4. eagle head-shaped end of a sceptre or horsewhip; 5-13. elements of the belt with the so-called pseudo buckles (9-10.); 14. crescent-shaped gold sheet; 15-18. sword fittings; 19. jug; 20. drinking horn. Pictures were first published in H. Tóth & Horváth."

-from 'Genetic insights into the social organisation of the Avar period elite in the 7th century AD Carpathian Basin'


White star in the Avar Kingdom is the location of the burial finds. Base map is from Muir's Historical Atlas--Mediaeval and Modern ( London, 1911).


Source:

https://www.researchgate.net/figure/A-selection-of-grave-goods-from-the-burial-at-Kunbabony_fig1_332290429

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Europe_around_650.jpg

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