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Catalogue ID |
R42 |
| Item Name |
Rus' Pendant |
| Period |
10th century
11th - 12th century
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| Culture |
Rus - Medieval Russia
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| Discovery Site |
Rozhdestvensky |
| Country |
Perm oblast, Russia |
| Dating |
c. 1000AD |
| Reference |
| N.B. Krylasova, Podveska so zhnakom Riurikovichei iz Rozhdestvenskogo mogil'nika. Rossiskaya Arkheologiya 1995(2), 192-197. |
| Description |
Silver spade-shaped pendant ornamented in relief on both sides, upper part an animal head loop engaged with a plain silver ring.
Obverse: trezubets sign associated with Vladimir I ('the Great') Sviatoslavich, Great Prince of Rus' 978-1015AD.
Reverse: Thor's hammer, the shaft becoming the blade of a sword, terminating in quillions, grip and pommel.
Conjectured to be a princely authority to trade or collect tribute in the region. From Rozhdestvensky cemetary (near Perm, upper Volga-Kama basin) grave 37, a male judging by inventory, Finno-Ugrian burial rite.Dimensions
Length (without ring) 5.1 cm, ring diameter 2 cm. Material/s
Silver (.925) |
| Quantity |
Each |
| Price (AUD) |
AUD 75 |
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