Wicker Erika (szerk.): Cumania 26. - A Kecskeméti Katona József Múzeum évkönyve (Kecskemét, 2013)
Régészet–Antropológia–Numizmatika - Wicker Erika: Egy dunántúli 16. századi kincslelet délvidéki és balkáni kapcsolatai
Egy dunántúli 16. századi kincslelet délvidéki és balkáni kapcsolatai Erika Wicker SERBIAN AND BALKAN RELATIONSHIPS TO THE TRANSDANUBIAN HOARD FROM THE 16TH CENTURY A hidden container containing silver jewelry and more than 5000 coins was found in Balaton- szabadi-Pusztatorony 30 years ago. The jewelry comprised earrings, dress hooks and rings. The earliest coins dated from the time of Matthias L, while the latest coin was minted in 1591. Kálmán Magyar - who worked with the excavation finds - believes that "the female and male objects - by reason of their type - were not particularly expensive pieces, known in Western Europe [...], and belonged to two nobles from the 16th century, from the time of the Renaissance". He determined the hoard as the property of Ferenc Dersi Petky and his family from Transylvania on the basis of the initials 'FP' on the signet ring. The author of this study disagrees with the statements written in the first report. Considering the collected and published analogies, parallels of jewelry clearly point to Serbia and Kosovo. The pair of earrings - which were fashionable at the time - although very fragmentary and imperfect were not ruined on account of protracted use, witness accompanying coins which were laid into the ground shortly after 1591 but were in use not long before this if the parallels are invoked. Their condition is due perhaps to their hard life, or changes of ownership. Moreover, it is obvious that they were worn not normally but carried about in someone's sabretache, pocket, or similar place (during this time these light earrings could quickly and easily break into pieces). The S-shaped belt-buckles are as incomplete as the half-silver clasp. Whatever their provenance, they were not suitable for their original function by the time they were hidden - they had become only a part of something which neither themselves nor their missing pieces were ever again held in the hands of the person who buried them in the container. Two rings which are not particularly beautiful or valuable, like other jewelry from the hoard, were collected from different places. Also, they are incomplete and fragmentary, they do not form a unity but are rather pieces collected from here and there. Undoubtedly, they include the mentioned signet ring with a pelican, and its initials FP refer to its former owner (who was determined correctly or incorrectly by Kálmán Magyar). But this relates to only this ring, and can not be projected onto the rest of the hoard. Only two things for certain bind these together: their Balkan origins and the fact that during the time of their manufacture and use there were almost constant preparations for war in this area. Silver and gold-plated silver jewelry could be sold and bought when fallen on hard times or be exchanged for food or anything else or be robbed or stolen. Those were times of war. Nothing is excluded. 149
