K. Palágyi Sylvia szerk.: Balácai Közlemények 2001/6. (Veszprém, 2001)
FACSÁDY, R. ANNAMÁRIA: Roman Gold Jewelry in the „Laczkó Dezső" Museum, Veszprém - A veszprémi Laczkó Dezső Múzeum római aranyékszerei
ANNAMÁRIA R. FACSÁDY Roman Gold Jewelry in the "Laczkó Dezső" Museum, Veszprém Currently there are seven pieces of gold jewelry in the Roman collections 1 of the Veszprém Laczkó Dezső Museum, of which three (a ring, a necklace and a hairpin with a gold head) are known from literature 2 as the funery equipment from a sarcophagus that came to light in Tüskevár. The others have not yet been published. Two of these were found during excavation work while the other two were presented to the collections of the museum. 1. Gold ring (Inv.no: 66.135.1.) (Fig. 1.) Site: Somlójenő (presented in 1912) D: 2.6 cm Smooth, thick, solid gold ring, slightly broadening at the head. Slightly damaged at the base. The head lies at the same height as the shoulder. There is a chiselled decoration visible on the flat surface of the head depicting the figure of a prancing or jumping dog with a curled back tail. The head of the dog is somewhat elongeded, while the ears are disproportionally long. They flutter back, expressing the action of jumping. There are chiseled star motives both above the body of the dog and under its belly. The form of the ring is identical to ones that follow 1 st and 2 nd cc. Italian traditions 3 . 2. Gold ring (Inv.no: 66.136.1.) (Fig.2.) Site: Balatonfüred (presented in 1904) D: 2.1 cm Undecorated, deformed gold ring with a surface divided into smaller random facets. Similar finds in bronze are known from Late Roman cemeteries 4 . 3. Gold ring (Inv.no: 88.3.1.) (Fig. 3-5.) Site: Baláca (Sylvia Palágyi's excavation, 1988) D: 2.4-2.6 cm One of the ring shoulders is badly deformed. The work on the two shoulders is not completely identical. The head is almost circular with a smooth setting. The stone is missing. There are 3 and 4 granulate gold spheres on both sides of the head. The shoulder and the body are constructed from gold filigree wires, which embraces the head as well. The spiraling gold threads, made from two individual wires, form an "S" shape on each of the broadening heart-shaped shoulders. The gold threads were soldered to the outer and middle filigree wires on each of the points. This specimen is heavily used and worn. This is a common type both in the Western provinces and also in Pannónia. It can be dated to the end of the 3 rd - 4 th century. Henig defined this ring form as the XIV Type 5 .
