Armband - Catalog No. 60

This unique gold sheet armband with high silver content lacks exact parallels—only an armband from Bilje in Croatia and another specimen from Tápióbicske in Hungary show similarities with the object. The armband has an elaborate decorative pattern that depicts stylized celestial bodies; these ornaments occur in the Middle Bronze Age Transylvanian–Eastern Carpathian metallurgical circle. Although the Dunavecse armband is an ostentatious prestige object, abrasion traces along its crescent-shaped ends indicate that it was likely worn by the bearer. János Gábor Tarbay