[gothic-l] Re: Eruli Finds?

[Troels Brandt]

Thank you, Bertil!

Was it a mound or a flat grave?

Do you also have descriptions of the nearby Zuran Hill?

Troels



--- In gothic-l at y..., "Bertil Haggman" <mvk575b at t...> wrote:
> Esteemed listmembers,
> 
> Recently I had access to a description of finds in a grave
> in Czechia (Blucina-Cézavy near Brno) which have been
> regarded as possibly containing an Erulian leader, a
> 30-40 year old with a pallium, which pointed to a relation
> with the Roman empire, with knife (saxum) and sword (spatha).
> But there was also an arrow koger in the grave and seemingly
> a whip (although I am not sure of the meaning of "nageika". At
> the feet was a saddle. If this was not an Eruli lord, it could maybe
> have been an Alan or Avar, perhaps as Suebian. The find was made
> already in 1953. It is dated third quarter of the 5th century AD.
> For anyone travelling to Czechia the grave objects can be
> seen at Moravske Zemske Muzeum at Brno.
> 
> For those claiming Eruli settlement in Uppland after the remigration
> this might be an opportunity to compare Vendel finds in Uppland
> with Brno althogh this grave is a century or more older.
> 
> Erulically
> 
> Bertil


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