Anthropomorphic pendant - Catalog No. 21

To the east of the Tisza River, in the eastern part of the Great Hungarian Plain and in Transylvania, following the Neolithic tradition of the use of Spondylus shells and jewelry of colored stone beads, copper and gold objects started to be manufactured in large numbers during the Copper Age. These artifacts, such as heavy copper axes and gold anthropomorphic pendants that were fastened to clothing, were frequently deposited in hoards and burials (see Catalog Nos. 19, 20, 23, and 24). The raw materials were probably supplied from Transylvanian mines. This gold pendant demonstrates the social and economic status of the owner. Hargita Oravecz and Katalin T. Bir.

在蒂萨河以东、匈牙利大平原东部及特兰西瓦尼亚地区，承袭新石器时代使用海菊蛤壳（Spondylus shells）与彩色石珠饰品的传统后，铜器时代迎来了铜器与金器的大规模制作。此类文物诸如厚重铜斧与可缀饰于衣物的金质人形吊坠，常被窖藏或随葬于墓葬之中（详见目录编号19、20、23及24）。其原材料大概率取自特兰西瓦尼亚的矿山。本件金质吊坠可彰显拥有者的社会与经济地位。——哈尔吉塔·奥拉维茨（Hargita Oravecz）与卡塔琳·T·比尔（Katalin T. Bir）