On Certain Amulet Pendants in the Shape of Miniature Pots, Occurring between the Black Sea Region (Pontus Euxinus) and Scandinavia

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angličtina
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On Certain Amulet Pendants in the Shape of Miniature Pots, Occurring between the Black Sea Region (Pontus Euxinus) and Scandinavia
Original language description
A very interesting group in terms of tracing contacts between the Black Sea region, central Europe and Scandinavia during the Roman Period are metallic pendants shaped like miniature receptacles, especially bucket-shaped ("Eimer-Berlock") and pottle-shaped, and amulet capsules ("Amulettendose"). Although isolated examples of the oldest metallic bucket-shaped pendants appear in central Europe back in the Late La Tene Magdalensberg, their origin can be followed back to the Crimea and northern Black Sea region in the 2nd - 1st century BC. Some women's graves of the Roman Period contain a wide range of different pendants. Quite often amulets shaped like miniature receptacles, or bucket-shaped pendants and amulet capsules, played an important role as magical protection. They usually contained various organic substances or perfumes. The greater diversity of the pendants indicates that graves for women and girls were lavishly equipped over the whole Roman Period, and were sometimes emphasised
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Publication year
2011
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S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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