The Crown of Kerch

The ‘Crown of Kerch’. This diadem of a noble lady was discovered in a Migration-period tomb in Kerch, in the ancient city of Panticapaion, Crimea. It is inlayed with red, garnet gemstones. Late 4th/1st half of 5th Century AD.
The ‘Crown of Kerch’. This diadem of a noble lady was discovered in a Migration-period tomb in Kerch, in the ancient city of Panticapaion, Crimea. It is inlayed with red, garnet gemstones. Late 4th/1st half of 5th Century AD. © Römisch-Germanisches Museum/Rheinisches Bildarchiv Cologne
Two zoomorphic pieces of jewellery, decorated with red stones and small pellets of gold, Black Sea region, 4./5. century AD
Two zoomorphic pieces of jewellery, decorated with red stones and small pellets of gold, Black Sea region, 4./5. century AD © Römisch-Germanisches Museum/Rheinisches Bildarchiv Köln / Anja Wegner
Golden belt buckle, showing a griffin with the body of a predator, wings and the tail of a peacock, find spot unknown, ca 600 / 1. half of the 7. century AD
Golden belt buckle, showing a griffin with the body of a predator, wings and the tail of a peacock, find spot unknown, ca 600 / 1. half of the 7. century AD © Römisch-Germanisches Museum/Rheinisches Bildarchiv Köln / Anja Wegner
Golden Fingerring in shape of a snake, find spot unkown, 2. Century BC
Golden Fingerring in shape of a snake, find spot unkown, 2. Century BC © Römisch-Germanisches Museum/Rheinisches Bildarchiv Köln / Anja Wegner
Golden Bracelet, showing two big cats, Afghanistan or Tajikistan, 1. century BC – 2. century AD
Golden Bracelet, showing two big cats, Afghanistan or Tajikistan, 1. century BC – 2. century AD © Römisch-Germanisches Museum/Rheinisches Bildarchiv Köln / Anja Wegner
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The Crown of Kerch
Treasures from the Dawn of European History

19.10.2017 to 22.09.2024
Neues Museum

Gold jewellery from the migration period found near the Black Sea, silver brooches and magnificent belts from early medieval graves in France, Italy, Spain, and Germany: selections from the collection of Johannes von Diergardt will be on view again in Berlin for the first time in 80 years, re-turning to the city where they were displayed until 1934.

Following the death of the collector and art lover, these works moved to the Römisch-Germanisches Museum in Cologne. Construction work in the Cologne museum now offers a prime opportunity to present the treasures to the Berlin public again for the first time in many years.

A special exhibition of the Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin in collaboration with the Römisch-Germanisches Museum der Stadt Köln.

Source : Museen zu Berlin

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