Buckle

Between 475 and 600 BCE

Tallinn City Museum
Tallinn, Estonia

This sumptuous silver-plated bronze buckle has most likely embellished a sword belt. It is decorated with a four-legged human-headed creature (possibly a dragon). Typologically it represents the Salin's Style I, dated to around 475 to 600 AD. It originates from Scandinavia and most likely reached Estonia as a result of contacts between nobles. The buckle was found during excavations in 1975 at Proosa mound in Jõelähtme parish near Tallinn.

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Details

Title: Buckle
Date Created: Between 475 and 600 BCE
Location: Proosa, Estonia, Tallinn, Estonia
Physical Dimensions: Height 3.2 cm, width 3.1 cm, length 5.9 cm
External Link: View in Estonian Museums Public Portal
Medium: Bronze

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