Bronze Age European Spiral ArmletAn ancient Bronze Age European large spiral armlet of sheet bronze with a central rib and terminating at both ends with carefully twisted cuffs. The armlet is of a type found in the wealthiest burials of the Hungarian Plain in the later Bronze Age. Late Bronze Age, Central Europe. The inhabitants of Central Europe from Gaul to the Danube Basin in the second millennium BC coalesced into a culture identified in the archaeological record by large well defined cemeteries containing numerous cremation burials contained in cinerary urns. The graves were often accompanied by bronze tools and ornaments. The wealthiest burials were those of warriors and princes, often containing finely made bronze swords, spears, and adornments. Confer: W. Menghin, Hallstattzeit, (Berlin, 1999) pl. 63, 74; Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of Lord McAlpine of Westgreen, (Oxford, 1987), group 6, no. 9.7, from Sweden. Formerly in a German private collection. Inv#: 1871 $3,750 Guaranteed Authentic |
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