У статті розглянуто знахідки пізньоримського
часу з пам’яток та комплексів салтівської культури. Вони належать до кола східноєвропейських
варварських виїмчастих емалей. Представлені
фібулами, лунницею та деталлю нагрудного ланцюжка.
In the paper jewellery from monuments and complexes of the Saltiv culture, which do not chronologically fit within the boundaries
of its existence, is considered. All finds can be divided into two groups (fig. 1): East European champlevé enamels style
(group I) and “antiquities of the Antes” (group II). The second group, in turn, is divided into products typical for the hoards of
Martynivka circle (group II, subgroup 1) and items typical for Pastyrske hillfort (group II, subgroup 2).
In the article the first group is presented. It is represented by three monuments, where four finds were discovered (Table 1).
First of all, there is the Tsymliansk Right-bank hillfort. Two fibulae of East European champlevé enamels style were discovered.
1. Bronze fibula, triangular (fig. 2: 3). The decoration belongs to late variations: middle 3d—4th/5th centuries: type IV (fibulae
with elements of degradation), subtype 2 after: Г. Корзухина (fig. 3; 4).
2. The upper part of the T-shaped fibula. The item is from the cultural layer at a depth of 20 cm (fig. 2: 2). The clasp belongs
to late variations: middle 3d— 4th/5th centuries or even the middle — second half of the 4th century. Belongs to type IV, subtype 1
after: Г .Корзухина or to the third series, type 2 after: Е. Гороховский (fig. 5; 6).
The lower extent of the Don River is not the only point with finds of East European champlevé enamel style. However,
other finds come from sites and complexes of the Late Roman period. Such finds could have entered this region with the Late
Sarmatian population.
Secondly, there is the Dmytriivka cemetery was investigated by S. Pletneva.
A female burial from the end of the 8th century was discovered in catacomb no. 44. The lunar pendant was found on the belt
according to G. Korzukhina. While S. Pletneva claims that the item got into the catacomb by accident. A large three-horned lunar
pendant, with round platforms at the ends also decorated with red enamel (fig. 7: 1). The decoration belongs to type I according
to G. Korzukhina and is dated by the advanced stage of the style’s existence — the end of the 2d—3d centuries (fig. 7; 8).
Eleven locations with finds of East European champlevé enamels style and 17 monuments of Kyiv culture are known in the
upper reaches of the Siverskyi Donets River.
Finally, there is the Sukha Homilsha cemetery 1 was investigated by V. Mikheev.
In burial no. 274, a detail of a rectangular link of a chain with slotted fields without enamels was found. Belongs to late
variations: middle 3d—4th/5th centuries. The burial itself is dated by the second half of the 8th — the beginning of the 9th century
(fig. 9; 10; 11).
East European champlevé enamels style finds and monuments of Kyiv culture are also known within the Kharkiv Oblast.
Jewellery of Martynivka circle hoards and items typical for Pastyrske hillfort from Saltiv monuments are often considered as
evidence of Penkivka and Saltiv connections. However, finds of East European champlevé enamels style from Saltiv monuments
has signs of the secondary usage. It indicates that other finds may also have been reused. The next works are devoted to the consideration
of Martynivka circle jewellery and products typical for the Pastyrske hillfort from Saltiv monuments.
