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Large scale rescue excavations of the recent decades in Hungary brought several new Hun Age finds. Fragments of gilded silver plates decorating saddle were found in Norht-Eastern Hungary (Nyíregyháza-Oros), during the investigation of a Sarmatian settlement dating probably from the 3rd to the early — 5th century. We suggest that it was a whole saddle that was placed into a regular storage pit with perhaps sacrificial purpose. A similar case could be observed in Balatonlelle-Rádpuszta from where a Hun cauldron found also in a pit has been recently published. In an earlier article on the so-called “Maeotian” swords of the same period we have already drawn attention to the fact that these weapons were frequently found in settlement context — possibly also coming from sacrificial features.

Keywords: Hungary, Hun Age, saddle plates, sacrificial assemblages

Information about authors:

Valéria Kulcsár (Szeged, Hungary). Candidate of historical sciences. University of Szeged, Egyetem St., 2, Szeged, 6722, Hungary
E-mail: [email protected]
Eszter Istvánovits (Nyíregyháza, Hungary). Candidate of historical sciences. Jósa András Museum, Benczúrtér, 21, Nyíregyháza, 4400, Hungary
E-mail: [email protected]