🥇 BANNER From the Bronze Age until the Middle Ages

[yo6oej]

Recently, near a wooded heights, I've discovered traces of three overlapping historical periods :
a.) Middle Bronze Age period (XIV-XVI centuries B.C.) - A bronze deposit consists of a spearhead and a decorated disc-butted ax, which they were probably hidden by a Bronze Age warrior, and probably had ritual role.The objects were placed side by side and were discovered quite difficult and carefully to avoid damaging them, because they were covered half of their length by a deformed root of a beech.In Romania they were found very few such axes decorated.They were made and decorated using the lost wax method.For those who are interested, posted a series of photos of the objects, including details of decoration, some of the images being edited size in millimeters, for a better understanding of sizes.
b.) Roman period (II-III centuries A.D.) - Knife blades, iron keys, iron brooch, nails, bronze fragment, Hadrianus (117-138 A.D.) bronze sestertius, mint in Rome 134-138 A.D. : HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, laureate and draped bust right / ADVENTVI AVG HISPANIAE, Hadrian, standing right, raising right hand, facing Hispaniae, standing left, holding patera in right hand, branch in left hand; altar and sacrificial victim between them. SC in exergue.
c.) Middle Ages (XVII-XVIII centuries A.D.) - Spurs, arrowheads of various types, wood processing tools, bit, sickle, buckles, engraved bronze ring that belonged to a knight.

Enjoy

 

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[pepperj]

I found an article written in English, about such an object found by chance in the east part of Romania (Iasi area).The ax is not kept in good condition but you can seen ornamentation on its surface.You can see also a map marked with the findings of this type of ax in Romania and neighboring countries.

http://saa.uaic.ro/articles/SAA.20.2014.115-132.pdf

Congrats on the banner! Great article on the axes yo6oej, I smiled when I read the " the discovererand his successors used it in various household activities " wonder what they used it for.

 

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[patiodadio]

The axe is outstanding but that's knight's ring steals the show for me!

I was thinking the same thing. I love the axe but I sure wish that ring could talk ! Was it used for a seal ?

 

[Scrappy]

Amazing finds. Museum quality finds on the axe and ring. Simply incredible! Wow

 

[Eastcoasthunter21]

Wow great dig there. Incredible finds !!

 

[yo6oej]

Congrats on the banner! Great article on the axes yo6oej, I smiled when I read the " the discovererand his successors used it in various household activities " wonder what they used it for.

Probably to chop wood with an ax decorated , 3.500 years old, is a cool sensation

 

[yo6oej]

I was thinking the same thing. I love the axe but I sure wish that ring could talk ! Was it used for a seal ?

I don't think so.It's just an old symbols (floral and evil-eye symbols) used and sent from the Neolithic period to our days, on metal objects and pottery.BTW the evil-eye symbols, those small concentric circles were punched in jewelery but also on the horse harness objects for good luck.About 2 years ago I found a very similar ring, a little larger besides the floral symbols and evil-eyes, have a solar symbol.
When you put such a ring on your finger, you feel like a knight dressed in armor on horseback and ready for battle

 

[yo6oej]

My friends, thank you all for that you voted my discovery

 

[Plumbata]

Congrats on the banner!

Can you provide a photo of the full circular decorated disc-butted portion? You have a photo of less than half of it but I'd like to see the full design (and others would too certainly).

 

[yo6oej]

Congrats on the banner!

Can you provide a photo of the full circular decorated disc-butted portion? You have a photo of less than half of it but I'd like to see the full design (and others would too certainly).

Of course

Perhaps it was a ritual ceremony to place objects in this way, because they do not seem used...

 

[bigfoot1]

outstanding !!!!!!congrats on banner

 

[DownNDirty]

WOW! That about sums it up for me

 

[Steve in PA]

Incredible finds! Thanks for sharing and congrats on the Banner!

 

[Isaac]

All I can say is WOW! Otherwise... I'm speechless. There's no superlative that can describe these finds! Congrats!

 

[CRUSADER]

Congrats on the banner! Great article on the axes yo6oej, I smiled when I read the " the discovererand his successors used it in various household activities " wonder what they used it for.

Putting up pictures.

 

[CRUSADER]

Congrats on your banner & your very understated post. I would have been bouncing off the walls.

 

[screwynewy]

Congratulations! There was no doubt that this discovery would make the banner. I am amazed at the intricate designs carved into the disc butted ax. Imagine the time, talent, and hand control it took to do that work. The lines are almost perfectly parallel throughout each curve and circle. Almost as if a engraved by a CNC machine. I could look at that ax for days - can't imagine actually finding and holding it. Thanks for sharing such an amazing find with us.

 

[cw0909]

wow, is all i can say, and i was confused by the pdf, i got it now
the disc-butted axes of the Bronze Age, were a type of multi tool
weapon in one, that demonstrated your prestige and rank to own
such a weapon/tool, i think
BRONZE AGE DISC BUTTED SHAFTHOLE AXE

 

[terpfan]

Wow.... Congratulations on the banner. Finds like yours cause me to step back and view life a little differently. Thanks for saving a valuable piece of our human history, and for taking the time to share it with our little group.

 

[yo6oej]

Congratulations! There was no doubt that this discovery would make the banner. I am amazed at the intricate designs carved into the disc butted ax. Imagine the time, talent, and hand control it took to do that work. The lines are almost perfectly parallel throughout each curve and circle. Almost as if a engraved by a CNC machine. I could look at that ax for days - can't imagine actually finding and holding it. Thanks for sharing such an amazing find with us.

The procedure was quite complicated and requires a lot of skill.The first step was making the object of beeswax and carefully decorated in soft material, which required great skill technique.Then wax object was covered with a very fine clay and everything was burned.The wax drain out through a small hole, the clay turns into a tough material and bronze flowed in through the same hole.Finally the clay mold was destroyed resulting a unique object.

 

[jgas]

Wow, what a great find....or finds I should say. We could only dream of that stuff here in America! Congrats on Banner! jgas