Nadzentmikloshsky treasure - a treasure of golden vessels of the 5th-8th centuries, discovered near the Hungarian village of Nagy-Saint-Miklos (near the town of Segedin ) in 1799. Located in the Vienna Museum of Art and History [1]
The treasure consists of 23 golden vessels. These were cups, pitchers, dishes and one rhyton . They were generously decorated with images of people, birds, animals, winged monsters, a vegetative and geometric ornament . One of the jars was decorated with images placed in round medallions . They were: a rider in the mail, the lead prisoner; naked woman dancing with flowers in her hands; archer hunter; eagle and griffin tearing a deer. Some vessels have inscriptions in Greek and Turkic languages.
The dating of vessels differs in time and refers to the V – VIII centuries. Initially, the treasure was considered abandoned by the Huns , but this hypothesis was eventually rejected. The origin of the treasure remains a matter of controversy; it could have been buried by the ancient Bulgarians headed by Krum [2] , nomadic Magyars or Avars . It is not excluded that the vessels were executed by the Kawars or the Khazars [3] .
Since the location of the treasure is within the present borders of Romania , local authorities raise the question of its transfer to the museums of Romania [4] .
Notes
- ↑ Nagysentmikloshsky treasure (inaccessible link from 31-01-2017 [885 days])
- ↑ NAD'-SENT-MIKLOSH • Big Russian Encyclopedia - electronic version
- ↑ Dunlop, DM, Khazars, in Enc. Judaica, 1971-2 printing.
- ↑ Timis: Banatenii spera sa recupereze Tezaurul de la Sannicolau | Timisoara | Ziare.com
Literature
- Mavgodinov N. Le tresor protobulgare de Nadyszantmiklos. - Bdpst. 1943.
- Mavrodinov N. Starobulgarskotok. - Sofia, 1959.