Migration Period
between Odra and Vistula

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Wrocław-Rędzin

Wrocław-Rędzin (German Ransern), Lower Silesian voivodeship, a gold neckring (19 x 14 cm) discovered by accident pre-1945 in an arable field in the village of Rędzin (now a district of Wrocław). The neckring piece had a rosette catch decorated with almandines in the →Polychrome style, provenanced to Northern Pontus region. The find has been dated  to the first half of the fifth century and interpreted as property of an elite →Hun. Originally entered into the Königliche Museum in Berlin, it is most likely to be at present in the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts in Moscow, its copy is in the Archaeological Museum in Wrocław.

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Literature: W. Grempler, Die Goldring von Ransern, Schlesiens Vorzeit in Bild und Schrift NF 1, 1900, p. 59-60; W. Hoffmann, Die vorgeschichtlichen Funde von Breslau-Oswitz und Ransern, Kr. Breslau, Altschlesien, vol. 10, 1941, p. 7–25; M. Mączyńska, Zmierzch kultury przeworskiej, (in:) J. Andrzejowski, A. Kokowski, Ch. Leiber (ed.), Warszawa 2004, p. 191–198; A. Bursche, K. Kowalski, B. Rogalski (ed.), Barbarian Tsunami. Migration Period between the Odra and the Vistula, Warszawa-Szczecin, 2017, p. 125 (P. Mader).

  • Phot. 1. Gold necklace found at Wrocław-Rędzin (Dolnośląskie Voivodeship; phot. T. Gąsior) full resolution

    Phot. 1. Gold necklace found at Wrocław-Rędzin (Dolnośląskie Voivodeship; phot. T. Gąsior)