Provincial-Roman brooches from the hill Žalý in the District Rakovník. A contribution to the first find of an annular brooch with openwork frame from Bohemia.

Abstract

Metal detector survey of the slopes of a salient hill has yielded two brooches of Roman origin, torso of a provincial Roman annular brooch with openwork frame and a strongly profiled brooch type A 70/736f. Objects associated with distinct landmarks can be interpreted as offerings, but this phenomenon of the Roman Period has not yet been paid much attention to in Central Europe.

Keywords

• Bohemia
• hill Žalý
• Roman Period
• Provincial Roman brooches
• X-ray fluorescence analysis
• monodeposits
• offerings