Jewelry that was found in the woman’s grave, inside of the stone sarcophagus, at the Roman necropolis of Durostorum (Silistra). Burial is dated to the second half of the 3rd century.
[НАКИТИ ОТ ГРОБ НА ЖЕНА Дуросторум (Силистра), античен некропол, каменен саркофаг. Втората половина на III в.]
Source: The mirror of time: Female beauty through the ages. Catalogue of the exhibition
Authors: Mariya Reho, Petya Andreeva, Nataliya Ivanova et al.
National Institute of Archaeology, Sofia 2016.
Pair of earrings. Gold, pearls, semi-precious stones.
1) H. 3,8 cm, H. with the pin 4,1 cm, D. 1,5 cm, L. pendant 2,1 cm, weight 4,49 g;
2) H. 3,9 cm, H. with the pin 4,1 cm, D. 1,5 cm, L. pendant 2,1 cm, weight 4,13 g
RMH Silistra, inv. N 2123, 2124
Gold pendants / medallions.
H. 4,5 cm, D. 3,1/ 3,2 – 3,8 cm,
Diameter of a loop 0,6/ 0,7 cm, W. loop 0,4 cm
RMH Silistra, Inv. N 2118, 2119
Gold, glass.
L. 46,4 cm, D. 1,6 cm, H. prisms 1,3 cm, weight 42,50 g
RMH Silistra, inv. N 2121
Necklace, gold, garnet (?). L. 39,7 cm, weight 7,74 g
RMH Silistra, inv. N 2122
Gold segment of a necklace.
L. 2,1 cm, W. 1,1 cm, thickness 0,3 cm, thickness of wire 0,2 cm, weight 2,98 g
RMH Silistra, inv. N 2120
Gold, jet. Diameter outer 7,0 – 7,5 cm, diameter inner
4,8 – 5,2 cm, thickness 0,8 – 1,4 cm, weight 32,42 g
RMH Silistra, inv. N 2113
ELEMENT OF A NECKLACE CLASP AND PENDANTS
Gold. H. 4,2 cm; D. 0,5 – 0,6 cm, weight 2,17 g/H. 3,0/ 2,9/ 2,6 – 2,8 cm, D. 0,5 – 0,6/ 0,7 cm, weight 1,32 – 2,90 g
RMH Silistra, inv. N 2114, 2115, 2116, 2117