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• Szolnol County, Hungary

Ca. 568 to 630

The cemetery extends over an area of 400 x 200 meters. By the end of 1999, 2365 graves had been excavated, but the total number may be somewhere between 4000 and 6000 burials. The graves excavated to date are located in the center of the cemetery and without exception were all robbed in antiquity, with a range extending from targeted removal of particular objects to the complete plundering of the grave. The finds, some of which are extremely valuable and products of outstanding workmanship, provide fascinating insights into the social situation under Avar rule following 568 in the area of Pannonia. Alongside typically Avar burials there are numerous Germanic-style burial objects, such as the two silver arm rings decorated with incised dentate ornamentation shown here.

Grave 517
Woman's grave, late 6^th to 7^th century
1. Silver arm rings with incised dentate ornamentation.
2. Pair of golden earrings.
3. Attachments hanging from a silver knife sheath (on the sheath three silvergilt hoops; chape with saw-toothed braid), two rolled-silver stylus sheaths, in one of which is a bronze stylus, in the other an inlaid iron stylus, a blue glass globe in a rolled silver strap setting with eyelet, a large green ribbed glass bead as well as a barrel-shaped chalcedon bead.

• Photographed while on display from 22 August 2008 to 11 January 2009 in the exhibition "Die Langobarden. Das Ende der Völkerwanderung" at the Rheinisches LandesMuseum Bonn. On loan from the Hungarian National Museum, Budapest.