Jakub M. Niebylski, Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology
ORCID: 0000-0002-6507-6087
Dariusz Rozmus, Humanitas University in Sosnowiec, “Sztygarka” Municipal Museum, Dąbrowa Górnicza
ORCID: 0000-0002-3264-8923
Bartłomiej Sz. Szmoniewski, Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology
ORCID: 0000-0003-0737-434X
New Finds of Early Medieval Weights and Lead Objects from Dąbrowa Górnicza, Chruszczobród, and Chruszczobród-Piaski, Śląskie Province
Abstract: The “Sztygarka” Municipal Museum in Dąbrowa Górnicza houses a collection of early medieval weights and lead objects recently discovered in the border area of Dąbrowa Górnicza, Chruszczobród and Chruszczobród-Piaski in Zawiercie district. They are discussed here for the first time. The paper presents the current state of research on silver and lead smelting in the early Middle Ages in the area now at the borderlands of Upper Silesia and Lesser Poland and offers a broader perspective on early medieval lead weights. As a result of the analysis of the artefacts, it has been proposed to introduce a new type of weights to the typology currently in use. Attention is also drawn to a technological aspect previously unreported in the literature, namely a hole in one of the weights for fixing a stabiliser for the core of a casting mould. Based on morphometric features and deformations of the surface, it is also suggested that one of the artefacts may have been used as a metalworking hammer. The results of the analysis carried out make it possible to discuss the collection against the backdrop of other recent discoveries of lead weights in Poland and to present the archaeological context and diverse nature of this category of sources.
Key words: Chruszczobród and Chruszczobród-Piaski, Dąbrowa Górnicza, early Middle Ages, lead weights, silver and lead smelting
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52800/ajst.1.18.a9
Niebylski, J., Rozmus, D. and Szmoniewski, B.Sz. 2023. “New Finds of Early Medieval Weights and Lead Objects from Dąbrowa Górnicza, Chruszczobród, and Chruszczobród-Piaski, Śląskie Province”, Notae Numismaticae – Zapiski Numizmatyczne 18: 175–200. DOI: https://doi.org/10.52800/ajst.1.18.a9
