Published: 22024-12-31 — Updated on 2024-12-31

Hoard of early medieval silver ingots (grivnas) from Bużyska, near Drohiczyn

Mieczysław Bienia , Grzegorz Śnieżko
Archeologia Polski
Section: Studies
DOI https://doi.org/10.23858/APol69.2024.007

Abstract

The article concerns a hoard of early medieval silver ingots (grivnas), hidden in the second half of the 12th century or the first half of the 13th century. The objects were discovered in 2005 during excavations at Bużyska, Korczew commune, near Drohiczyn, in the investigation of a multicultural settlement (Site 10/54, in the area of AZP 53–81). The group consisted of 11 silver grivnas, ten of which belong to the so-called Chernihiv type, and the eleventh is a Lithuanian ingot (also known as a Western Rus’ ingot). The text includes a description of the circumstances of the discovery and typological characteristics and metric data (dimensions and weight) of the discovered ingots. The results of analyses of the elemental composition of the metal from which the objects were cast are also presented. Due to the small number of specialist analyses conducted so far, the studies carried out using the SEM-EDS method will be of great importance for future investigation on grivnas

Keywords:

ingots of the Chernigov type, North Rus’ ingots, silver ingots, hoard, Bużyska, Drohiczyn, Mazovian-Rus’ borderland

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Bienia, M., & Śnieżko, G. (2024). Hoard of early medieval silver ingots (grivnas) from Bużyska, near Drohiczyn. Archeologia Polski, 69, 177–203. https://doi.org/10.23858/APol69.2024.007

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