The Second Hoard of Skomętno
Volume 23 (2016): The Sea and the Coastlands, pp. 171–180
Pub. online: 22 July 2016
Type: Article
Open Access
Received
11 January 2016
11 January 2016
Revised
8 March 2016
8 March 2016
Accepted
24 May 2016
24 May 2016
Published
22 July 2016
22 July 2016
Abstract
A silver hoard found in what is currently called Skomętno, and bought by the Museum of Prehistory in Berlin, is the basis for a discussion about Medieval hoards in the Baltic region concerning typology and chronology. The hoard, which can be dated to the second half of the 11th century, also shows interesting similarities with a hoard which was found in Skomenten in 1927. It was brought to the Prussia Museum in Königsberg, and has been lost since the end of the Second World War.