The Sarmizegetusa bracelets

• Autores: Bogdan Constantinescu, Ernest Oberländer-Târnoveanu, Roxana Bugoi, Viorel Cojocaru, Martin Radtke
• Localización: Antiquity, ISSN 0003-598X, Vol. 84, Nº 326, 2010, págs. 1028-1042
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • We present the authentication and analysis of these beautiful Dacian bracelets of the first century BC, originally pillaged by treasure hunters and recovered thanks to an international crime chase. They were originally fashioned from gold panned from the rivers or dug from the mines of Transylvania and hammered into the form of coiled snakes. The lack of context is the greatest loss, but a votive purpose is likely given their proximity to the great sacred centre at Sarmizegetusa Regia