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English: Saber and sheath from the Avar cemetery of Gyenesdiás
  • Zala County, Hungary

Up to now, 351 burials (about two-thirds of the total number) have been documented at the Avar cemetery, which was in use from 630 to the early 9th century. Relatively few weapons were found in the graves. About 20 burials were accompanied with a horse, as was characteristic for numerous Avar men's graves. A basket-shaped earring pendant typical of Keszthely culture was discovered in the grave of only one woman who had been buried in accordance with heathen ritual. The largest and richest graves were, with a single exception, already robbed during the Avar era.

Grave 64
On the north side of the burial pit, a man was interred in a wooden coffin with a reflex bow and saber, the characteristic weapons of a middle Avar mounted warrior of the middle period (670 to ca. 715). A harnessed horse lay on his right side, facing in the opposite direction. The front part of the horse and part of the coffin were covered with a large goat skin.

1. Saber and sheath: The hilt is decorated with three pressed gold buttons and ends in a silver plate. The display side of the short crossguard is goldplated. In the middle of the silverplate-framed retainers are rectangular, pressed gold plates ending in four animal heads.

  • Photographed while on display from 22 August 2008 to 11 January 2009 in the exhibition "Die Langobarden. Das Ende der Völkerwanderung" at the Rheinisches LandesMuseum Bonn. On loan from the Balatoni Múzeum Keszthely.
Deutsch: Säbel und Scheide vom awarischen Gräberfeld von Gyenesdiás
  • Komitat Zala, Ungarn

Nach 630 bis Anfang 9. Jahrhundert

Von dem awarischen Gräberfeld, das nach 630 bis Anfang des 9. Jahrhunderts benutzt wurde, sind bisher 351 Bestattungen dokumentiert (ca. zwei Drittel des Gesamtbestandes). In den Gräbern fanden sich relativ wenige Waffen, 20 Bestattungen war, wie dies charakteristisch für zahlreiche awarische Männergräber ist, ein Pferd zugeordnet. Ein Körbchenohrring als typisches Objekt der Keszthely-Kutur konnte nur im Grab einer Frau entdeckt werden, die nach heidnischem Ritus bestattet worden war. Die größten und reichsten Gräber wurden, mit einer Ausnahme, bereits in der Awarenzeit geplündert.

Grab 64
An der Nordseite der Grabgrube war mit den charakteristischen Waffen eines mittelawarischen Reiterkriegers - Reflexbogen und Säbel - ein Mann in einem Holzsarg bestattet. In entgegen gesetzter Richtung lag an seiner rechten Seite ein aufgeschirrtes Pferd. Der vordere Teil des Pferdes und ein Teil des Sarges waren mit dem Fell einer großen Ziege bedeckt. Die Bestattung datiert in das mittlere Drittel des 7. Jahrhunderts.

1. Säbel und Scheide: Der Säbelgriff ist mit drei gepressten Goldknöpfen verziert und endet in einer Silberplatte. Die Schauseite der kurzen Parierstange ist goldplattiert. In der Mitte der silberplattengerahmten Halterungen sitzen viereckige, in vier Tierköpfe endenden, gepresste Goldbleche.

  • Exponate in der Ausstellung „Die Langobarden. Das Ende der Völkerwanderung“ vom 22.08.2008-11.01.2009 im Rheinischen LandesMuseum Bonn. Leihgaben aus dem Balaton-Museum Keszthely.
Date Middle third of the 7th century / Mittleres Drittel des 7. Jahrhunderts
Source Own work
Author James Steakley

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