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Golden neck ring with human heads
The golden neck ring from the "Prince's Tomb" is hollow and consists of two parts, the smooth neck part and the elaborately decorated breast part.
The golden neck ring from the "Prince's Tomb" is hollow and consists of two parts, the smooth neck part and the elaborately decorated breast part.
The functionality of the ingenious clasp of the golden neck ring from the grave of the “Celtic Prince of Glauberg”.
The finger ring from the grave of the “Celtic Prince” was thinly forged from cast wire.
The Celtic prince's fibula (garment clasp) was not part of the funeral robe, but was placed alongside the buried person along with other items. In the grave, the dead man may have been wearing composite armor like the one depicted on the statue.
The bronze belt clasp of a leather belt that was once approximately one meter long and 5.5 cm wide has been preserved from the second ruler's grave at Glauberg.
The richly decorated robe clasp from grave 3 is unique in the Celtic world.
The world-famous, life-size statue of the “Celtic Prince of Glauberg” was found in 1996. The sandstone statue, completely preserved except for the feet, shows an armed male warrior.
One of the gold offerings that particularly underline the outstanding position of the dead man from grave 1 at Glauberg is a finger ring. With an inner diameter of 1.8 centimeters, it roughly corresponds to today's ring size 57.
Brooches, i.e. metal clasps similar to safety pins, were usually used as clothing fasteners. Large specimens probably secured heavy wool coats, while delicate brooches secured lighter items of clothing.
When the dead man was found in grave 1 of Glauberg, the excavators discovered two small rings made of gold wire in the area of his head. With diameters of less than 8 millimeters and a maximum wire thickness of 1.45 millimeters, their use as earrings seems questionable.