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Plate fibula

Creation period
the late 4th — early 5th century
Place of сreation
the Eastern Roman Empire
Dimensions
12,6x6,5 cm
Technique
silver; casting, foil lining, inlay, soldering, granulation
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This fibula was accidentally discovered by a resident of the village of Konevo. During surveys in the Kursk region, the Seym-Sudzha Expedition of the Institute of Archaeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, led by Oleg Alexandrovich Radyush, transferred the decoration to the collections of the Kursk Museum of Archaeology. The decorative clasp has an elongated rhomboid shape, a rounded head at the top, an arched bow, and a semicircular shield. The head and shield are flat, while the bow is triangular in cross-section. The base of the item is cast in silver and covered with gold foil, the edges of which are folded onto the reverse side of the decoration.

The front side of the fibula is decorated with flat garnet inserts of various shapes, and the bow is decorated with round cabochons; in total, there are 44 inserts — 43 with garnets, and one empty setting. The bezels for the stones are made of a narrow, edge-soldered gold strip with closed ends. The fibula and bezels are bordered with granulation, with a line of granules marking the ridge of the bow, and rosettes of three granules scattered across the entire field of the item between the inserts. The shield is topped with a hemispherical button on a stem with a flat round base. The button is covered with yellow metal foil, and the top of the button is open.

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The decoration dates to the late 4th — early 5th century. Similar large two-plate fibulae were part of the ceremonial set of noblewomen from territories under Hun control. The brooch from Konevo has the closest parallels on the one hand with similar items found in the Middle Danube region, and on the other hand with late brooches from the second hoard in Szilágysomlyó.

The early period of the Migration Period in the region where the described brooch was found is represented by monuments of the classical Chernyakhov culture, the Lviv-Fatezh group, also related to this culture, and the Desna variant of the Kiev culture, which developed into the Kolochin culture. Five rich burials have been found in the Kursk region, including two hoards of goods and coins (denarii), as well as two or three destroyed graves. Brooches were found in some rich graves, including the find in the village of Konevo, sets of belts and so on. Finds from Kursk and neighboring regions indicate that these lands were part of the empire of Attila, centered in the Middle Danube region.

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Plate fibula

Creation period
the late 4th — early 5th century
Place of сreation
the Eastern Roman Empire
Dimensions
12,6x6,5 cm
Technique
silver; casting, foil lining, inlay, soldering, granulation
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