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Bronze neck ring with coral inlays
The open choker is a chance find that got stuck in the sieve along with five bracelets during sand mining. The responsible district forester handed the finds over to the Historical Museum in Hanau in 1956.
The open choker is a chance find that got stuck in the sieve along with five bracelets during sand mining. The responsible district forester handed the finds over to the Historical Museum in Hanau in 1956.
How can one imagine the appearance of the Celtic prince from Glauberg? In this film we explore this question. The Celtic world at Glauberg is in the extraordinary situation of not only being able to rely on grave goods for reconstruction.
The people we are taking a closer look at in our special exhibition “CELTEN LAND HESSEN – A new era begins” shaped the Iron Age in Germany. They founded large city-like settlements long before the Middle Ages.
The aim of the learning game is to form matching pairs (image/term). Of course, the template must first be cut into triangles. In the reading text you will find out more about the objects shown.
This closed women's shoe is almost completely preserved with the branding and part of the nailed outsole. It was restored immediately after the excavation in 1907 and lined with reddish leather. The upper leather is richly decorated with small punched out circles and edge ornaments.
The gold ring has an onyx gemstone in a simple setting. The stone, which is built up in two layers of different colors, is worked as a Nicolo, meaning the upper light layer is oval and ground so thin that the lower, dark layer shimmers through and makes the image zone appear light blue.
The iron ring, only partially preserved, bears a roughly cut cameo depicting the sun god Sol Invictus. The god travels to the left in a two-wheeled chariot drawn by four galloping horses.
The circlet of the finger ring consists of a wide band decorated with geometric dot and notch patterns. The oval plate in the middle is embossed with a depiction of the Spartan queen Leda with the swan.
This sandal adorned a delicate woman's foot. Its cross strap is decorated with fine gilding. The sole is cut out in the outline of the toes, the bottom is nailed along the edge.
The circlet of the finger ring consists of three wires placed next to each other, the middle one is decorated with a row of pearls. The ends of the two outer wires are shaped like snake heads. The oval plate is embossed with a depiction of the Spartan queen Leda with the swan.