Tangendorf disc brooch

Tangendorf disc brooch
Year3rd century AD
TypeBrooch
MediumFire gilded silver
SubjectAnimal
Dimensions58 mm diameter (2.3 in)
LocationArchäologisches Museum Hamburg, Harburg, Hamburg
OwnerArchäologisches Museum Hamburg

The Tangendorf disc brooch (German: Scheibenfibel von Tangendorf)[1] is an Iron Age fibula from the 3rd century AD, which was dug up in 1930 from the sand of a Bronze Age tumulus near Tangendorf, Toppenstedt, Harburg, Lower Saxony, Germany.[2] The front of the elaborately crafted garment fibula is decorated with a rear-facing four-legged animal, probably a dog or a deer. It is one of Harburg's most important finds from the period of the Roman Empire, and is in the permanent exhibition of the Archaeological Museum Hamburg in Harburg, Hamburg.[3][4]

  1. ^ Helms-Museum Inventory number: 63472 (according to Wegewitz 1941)
  2. ^ Wegewitz, Willi (1941). "Die Scheibenfibel von Tangendorf, Kr. Harburg". Die Kunde (in German). 9. Niedersächsischer Landesverein für Urgeschichte: 36–41. ISSN 0342-0736.
  3. ^ Topic Death, Show case no. 32.
  4. ^ Articus, Rüdiger; Brandt, Jochen; Först, Elke; Krause, Yvonne; Merkel, Michael; Mertens, Kathrin; Weiss, Rainer-Maria (2013). Archaeological Museum Hamburg Helms-Museum: A short guide to the Tour of the Times. Archaeological Museum Hamburg publication - Helms-Museum. Vol. 103. Hamburg. p. 52. ISBN 978-3-931429-24-9.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)