Rus viking pendant withh enamel

Artefacts from the Viking Age and Norman period

See for my blog here and the artefacts under the image.

‘…hold the roots…’

‘It is people like you who hold the roots and give back to many who thought they were lost.’ Rhiannon Scharfetter – Vienna, Austria https://myskaldkonur.com

‘I have been suggested to contact you, a Viking specialist, for your competence and sensibility to the problems of those interested in ancient objects.’ Antonio Barsotti – Pisa, Italy.

A small pendant with enamel covering, this was found in the area of Novgorod. It measures 13 mm from bottom to top and weighs 1.95 gram.

Contrary to the meaning of the name – new town – Novgorod is one of the oldest cities of Russia. Novgorod began in the 9th century AD as a trading post during expeditions from Scandinavian traders over the broad Russian rivers to Byzantium.

In 859 there is the first recording of this settlement on both sides of the river Volchov. The town had a strategic and economicly interesting location, because of being it the first settlement travelling from Scandinavia to Byzantium and via the river Volchov gave access to the system of rivers wich lead the traders through Russia going south.