Uerdingen Hoard
Uerdingen Hoard | |
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Material | Bronze and glass |
Created | 2nd-3rd century AD |
Present location | British Museum, London |
Registration | 1868,0105.46 |
The Uerdingen Hoard or Uerdingen Treasure is the name of an historically significant group of ancient objects found in a Roman grave in the town of Uerdingen, western Germany. Discovered in the middle of the nineteenth century, the entire hoard was donated to the British Museum in 1868.[1]
Discovery
The six grave objects, which date to between the late 2nd and early 3rd centuries AD, were found in a stone coffin at Uerdingen part of the city of Krefeld in North Rhine-Westphalia. The hoard later passed into the possession of the physician and collector Dr George Witt, who presented it to the British Museum in 1868[2] along with other parts of his collection.
Description
The type of objects found in the grave suggest that the deceased was probably male and from the upper echelons of Roman society. He seemed to be able to afford to be buried with fashionable and in some cases luxurious items. The most important part of the
See also
Gallery
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Bronze aryballos for dispensing perfumes
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Pair of bronze strigils used for scraping skin
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Two glass vessels with snake-like patterns
Bibliography
- L. Burn, The British Museum Book of Greek and Roman Art (British Museum Press, 1991)
- S. Walker, Roman Art (British Museum Press, 1991)
- R. Pirling, Ein römischer Grabfund aus Lank-Latum im British Museum, London, in: Heimat [Krefeld], 56, 1985
References
- ^ British Museum Collection, retrieved 31 July 2014
- ^ a b Toilet set, British Museum, retrieved 31 July 2014