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Roman dolphin pendant. Slavonic moon jewelry of the Viking Age from the territory of the Kievan Rus. With leather cord. Bronze or silver plated. 3 x 4 cm.Productdetails...
Gallo-Roman wheel pendant in filigree technique.
Here you can buy a filigree Roman wheel pendant that was made true to detail after a find from the 2nd century.The historical model for this remarkable Gallo-Roman wheel pendant is now in the collection of the "Archéologie Alsace" in Sélestat / France (Elsas).
The wheel pendant was found in 2016 during archaeological excavations in the small Alsatian town of Horbourg-Wihr on the town hall square and was made of pure gold using the filgran technique.
Link to the original wheel pendant...
Like the original, the wheel pendant has a diameter of 2.9 cm.
You can buy the wheel pendant in high-quality bronze or genuine silver-plated.
Alternatively, also available in 925 sterling silver (please note the delivery time).
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A 1 metre long black leather strap is included with the wheel pendant.
Wheel pendants were widespread in Roman times and can be found both in the Roman heartland and in Celtic territory, where they were probably worn as part of the Taranis cult in the context of Gallo-Roman culture.
There is a whole series of finds of small gold pendants in the shape of wheels from the Roman period, some of which were worn with gold chains around the neck or wrist. These Gallo-Roman wheel pendants could have a sculptural, naturalistic design and look like small miniature chariot wheels. However, the wheel pendants could also take the form of filigree spoked wheels made of thin gold threads and pearl wires.
These ancient wheel pendants were most likely associated with the Celtic Taranis cult, as Taranis was the god of the sky, thunder and the forces of weather in Celtic mythology and was often depicted in connection with a wheel.
It is possible that the wheel of Taranis symbolised the course of the sun or the rumbling of thunder during storms.
With the Roman conquest of Gaul, the original Celtic cult of Taranis was also integrated into the Roman religious world in the course of Romanisation and merged with Roman deities such as Jupiter or Sol, which facilitated the worship of this deity in a Roman-Celtic context.
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