Garam Éva szerk.: Between East and West - History of the peoples living in hungarian lands (Guide to the Archaeological Exhibition of the Hungarian National Museum; Budapest, 2005)

HALL 8 AND CORRIDOR - The Avar period (567/568-804 A.D.) (Éva Garam)

104. Iron mounts with silver inlay from Környe. First half of the 7th century 134 with a Byzantine monogram (Fig. 106), a gold ring set with a garnet, a silver bracelet, a necklace strung of colourful Avar beads, an iron knife kept in a gold mounted sheath, wooden bowls embellished with silver and gold mounts, Byzantine coins and an iron chair decorated with silver inlay. The finds from Grave 85 indicated that the woman buried in this grave wore a Germanic costume: her shift was fastened with an iron buckled belt, the overgarment with a heavy silver gilt buckle, decorated with the depiction of a Germanic god. Suspended from her wide belt were smaller ribbons adorned with bronze mounts and beads believed to have magical properties averting evil, an iron knife kept in a wooden sheath and a spherical capsule used by followers of Christianity. She fastened the mantle or shawl thrown over her dress with a brooch at the waist. The small buckles and strap ends found around the feet suggest leather shoes bound with straps around the calves in the Germanic style. Her jewellery was made up of a golden hairpin worn in her hair-bun, a pair of Byzantine basket earrings and a necklace strung of beads and semi-precious stones. 5. ONOGUR-BULGAR/AVAR AND BYZANTINE RELATIONS IN THE LATE 7TH CENTURY Following a period of decline after the defeat at Constantinople in 626, the Avars' relations with Byzantium revived in the last third of the 7th century. The small family graveyards in Transdanubia, containing a rich assortment of gold articles dating from the late 7th century