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English: Disc fibula from the grave field of Schwanbeck
  • District of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

The discovery site is in Schwanbeck, on the western edge of a Germanic settlement of the late imperial Roman and Migration eras.

Corpse grave, Find 959
Grave of an adult woman, oriented north-south, who was apparently buried in a small wooden chamber covered with three layers of boulders.
Unique cloisonné disc fibula of gold with almandines on a honeycombed gold foil.

  • 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 Archäologisches Landesmuseum Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Schwerin, Germany.
Deutsch: Fibel vom Gräberfeld von Schwanbeck
  • Landkreis Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Deutschland

Der Fundplatz liegt in Schwanbeck, am Westrand einer germanischen Siedlung der späten Römischen Kaiser- und Völkerwanderungszeit.

Körpergrab, Befund 959
Nord-Süd orientiertes Grab einer erwachsenen Frau, die vermutlich in einer kleinen, mit drei Lagen Rollsteinen bedeckten Holzkammer bestattet wurde.
Einzigartige Cloisonné-Scheibenfibel aus Gold mit Almandinen auf gewaffelter Goldfolie.

  • Exponat in der Ausstellung „Die Langobarden. Das Ende der Völkerwanderung“ vom 22.08.2008-11.01.2009 im Rheinischen LandesMuseum Bonn. Leihgabe vom Archäologischen Landesmuseum Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Schwerin.
Date 5th-6th century (Migration Era) / 5.-6. Jahrhundert (völkerwanderungszeitlich)
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Author James Steakley
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