Text, Bronze Age Valuables & Adornments

6 Hair- and finger rings Gold 1st quarter 2nd millennium BCE Pecs, Baranya County (H) Golden hair rings served as both women's jewelry and offerings. Hooked together in bundles according to specific weights, they represented units of value in trade. 7 'Ring money' in a representative vessel Bronze 7th century BCE Reichenau/Stocina, Lubusz Voivodeship (PL) Rings served as both jewelry and currency. The hoard was hidden in a precious bronze situla, probably manufactured in the Alpine region, near the Oder River. 8 Ring-shaped wealth Bronze 12th century BCE Lengyeltoti, Somogy County (H) Bronze rings were easily transportable valuables in trade and could also be easily remelted for the production of other objects.