Pendant, neck ring, belt hangers, and decorative elements

Neues Museum

Pendant, neck ring, belt hangers, and decorative elements from horse harness

Collection of Bronze Age metal artifacts which includes a variety of finely crafted bronze or copper-alloy items, likely personal ornaments, ritual objects, or symbolic emblems.

On the left side, there are several double-axe–shaped pendants or amulets, each decorated with incised or embossed geometric motifs, such as concentric circles and crosshatched designs. They hang in a vertical sequence, suggesting they may have been worn as jewelry or used as ceremonial insignia. At the bottom left is a large, thick, circular bracelet or arm ring with a smooth metallic finish.

On the right side, two round, shield-like discs are mounted, possibly ornamental bucklers, bossed mirrors, or protective fittings. Below them are crescent-shaped objects with handles, resembling double-crescent ornaments or stylized lunar emblems—symbols often associated with fertility, divinity, or celestial worship in Bronze Age Europe. The bottom row includes two conical or bell-shaped metal objects, decorated with horizontal ridges and likely used as pendants, ritual bells, or garment fittings.

These reflects the advanced metalworking and symbolic artistry of early European Bronze Age cultures, where such items combined aesthetic beauty, craftsmanship, and spiritual significance.

Pendant, neck ring, belt hangers, and decorative elements from horse harness
Bronze 13th–12th century BCE Arpăşel/Árpád, Bihor County (RO)
Hoard find with women's attire and horse harness

Anhänger, Halsring, Gürtelgehänge und Zierelemente von Pferdegeschirr
Pendant, neck ring, and decorative belt and harness fittings
Bronze 13.–12. Jh. v. Chr. Arpăşel/Árpád, Jud. Bihor (RO)
Depotfund mit Frauentracht und Pferdegeschirr



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Collection of Bronze Age metal artifacts which includes a variety of finely crafted bronze or copper-alloy items.
Taken on  Tuesday 06th of August 2019
Device: Google
Model: Pixel 3 XL
Source:  Berlin, Germany

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