Pages: 221-230 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.55086/sp214221230

The article addresses a series of finds of silver neck rings from the Migration Period — two whole (Afieraŭščyna, Vialikaje Sialo) and one fragmented (Haradzišča) specimen — from the territory of Belarusian Neman and Dvina Regions, belonging to the type that in Russian-language literature is called neck rings “with a faceted hoop and a double-loop lock”. The dating of finds from Afieraŭščyna and Vialikaje Sialo can be determined on the basis of analogies within the framework of the 5th and, possibly, 6th centuries. The situation with a fragment of a neck ring from the open settlement Haradzišča is more complicated. Considering the fact that this artifact was found in fragmented form, in fact — as a weight silver, one cannot exclude that it could fall into obsolescence somewhat later than other neck rings of this type, and can be dated within the 5th—7th centuries. The finds of silver neck rings “with a faceted hoop and a double-loop lock” from the territory of Belarusian Neman and Dvina Regions significantly broaden the knowledge of the area of distribution of this type of the Great Migration Period neck rings.

Keywords: the Migration Period, Belarus, jewelry, neck rings

Information about authors:

Mikalai Plavinski (Minsk, Belarus). Candidate of Historical Sciences. International Sakharov Environmental Institute of Belarusian State University. Dalhabrodskaya St., 23/1, Minsk, 220070, Belarus
E-mail: [email protected]
Radosław Liwoch (Kraków, Poland). Master. Archaeological Museum in Kraków. Senacka Street 3, Kraków, 31-002, Poland
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