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Jakub M. Niebylski, Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ORCID: 0000-0002-6507-6087<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dariusz Rozmus, Humanitas University in Sosnowiec, \u201cSztygarka\u201d Municipal Museum, D\u0105browa G\u00f3rnicza<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ORCID: 0000-0002-3264-8923<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bart\u0142omiej Sz. Szmoniewski, Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ORCID: 0000-0003-0737-434X<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New Finds of Early Medieval Weights and Lead Objects from D\u0105browa G\u00f3rnicza, Chruszczobr\u00f3d, and Chruszczobr\u00f3d-Piaski, \u015al\u0105skie Province<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Abstract:<\/strong> The \u201cSztygarka\u201d Municipal Museum in D\u0105browa G\u00f3rnicza houses a collection of early medieval weights and lead objects recently discovered in the border area of D\u0105browa G\u00f3rnicza, Chruszczobr\u00f3d and Chruszczobr\u00f3d-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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Key words:<\/strong> Chruszczobr\u00f3d and Chruszczobr\u00f3d-Piaski, D\u0105browa G\u00f3rnicza, early Middle Ages, lead weights, silver and lead smelting<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DOI:<\/strong> https:\/\/doi.org\/10.52800\/ajst.1.18.a9<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Niebylski, J., Rozmus, D. and Szmoniewski, B.Sz. 2023. \u201cNew Finds of Early Medieval Weights and Lead Objects from D\u0105browa G\u00f3rnicza, Chruszczobr\u00f3d, and Chruszczobr\u00f3d-Piaski, \u015al\u0105skie Province\u201d, Notae Numismaticae \u2013 Zapiski Numizmatyczne<\/em> 18: 175\u2013200. DOI: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.52800\/ajst.1.18.a9<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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New Finds of Early Medieval Weights and Lead Objects from D\u0105browa G\u00f3rnicza, Chruszczobr\u00f3d, and Chruszczobr\u00f3d-Piaski, \u015al\u0105skie Province \/ Nowe znaleziska wczesno\u015bredniowiecznych ci\u0119\u017cark\u00f3w i wyrob\u00f3w o\u0142owianych z obszaru pogranicza D\u0105browy G\u00f3rniczej, Chruszczobrodu i Chruszczobrodu- Piask\u00f3w, woj. \u015bl\u0105skie (PDF, 3,9 MB)<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Jakub M. Niebylski, Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology ORCID: 0000-0002-6507-6087 Dariusz Rozmus, Humanitas University in Sosnowiec, \u201cSztygarka\u201d Municipal Museum, D\u0105browa G\u00f3rnicza ORCID: 0000-0002-3264-8923 Bart\u0142omiej 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 D\u0105browa G\u00f3rnicza, Chruszczobr\u00f3d, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":36586,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-36607","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36607","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36607"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36607\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36608,"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36607\/revisions\/36608"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}