Oro per montaggio della cinghia con rivetto. Cultura: Avar. Dimensioni: a e b: 1 × 13/16 x 3/16 in., 0.193 once troy (2,6 × 2,1 × 0,5 cm, 6g): 1 × 13/16 x 1/16 in., 0,096 once troy (2,6 × 2,1 × 0,1 cm, 3g) b: 3/4 × 1/2 × 3/16 in., 0,096 once troy (1,9 × 1,2 × 0,5 cm, 3g). Data: 700s. Il Tesoro contiene una matrice di cinghia accessori, alcuni riccamente decorate, alcuni semilavorati o defectively cast. Alcuni non mostrano segni di utilizzo, mentre altri sono molto usurati. Avari avari erano una tribù nomade di guerrieri montati dalla steppa eurasiatica. L'imperatore bizantino Giustiniano negoziato con loro nel
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Gold Belt Mount with Rivet. Culture: Avar. Dimensions: a and b: 1 × 13/16 × 3/16 in., 0.193 Troy Ounces (2.6 × 2.1 × 0.5 cm, 6g) a: 1 × 13/16 × 1/16 in., 0.096 Troy Ounces (2.6 × 2.1 × 0.1 cm, 3g) b: 3/4 × 1/2 × 3/16 in., 0.096 Troy Ounces (1.9 × 1.2 × 0.5 cm, 3g). Date: 700s. The treasure contains an array of belt fittings, some elaborately decorated, some unfinished or defectively cast. Some show no signs of use, while others are quite worn. The Avars The Avars were a nomadic tribe of mounted warriors from the Eurasian steppe. The Byzantine emperor Justinian negotiated with them in the sixth century to protect the Empire's northern border along the Black Sea. Emboldened by their subjugation of numerous tribes, they unsuccessfully attempted to seize the Empire's capital, Constantinople. They remained a scourge of both Byzantium and the Western kingdoms until Charlemagne defeated them through a series of campaigns in the 790s and early 800s. All the money and treasure that the Avars had been years amassing was seized, and no war in which the Franks have ever engaged . . . brought them such riches and such booty. Up to that time the Avars had passed for a poor people, but so much gold and silver was found . . . that one may well think that the Franks took justly from the Avars what the Avars had formerly taken unjustly from other nations. -- Einhard (ca. 770-840), biographer of the Frankish ruler Charlemagne, early 800s The Vrap Treasure Tribute payments from the Byzantine Empire and war booty provided the Avars with enormous amounts of gold and silver. Avar goldsmiths created work of exceptionally high quality and were counted among the Avars' ruling class. This ensemble of objects, all found together in Vrap, in present-day Albania, would seem to attest to the wealth of the Avars. Why this varied group was brought together remains a mystery. Some scholars have suggested that these objects were part of a treasure belonging to an Avar chief; others have spec
