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Martynivka Treasure

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Martynivka Treasure
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Martynivka Treasure (Ukrainian: Мартинівський скарб, romanized: Martynivs'kyj skarb) is a hoard consisting of 116 silver items (weighing about 3.3 kg) found in 1909, in the village of Martynivka, Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine. The treasure is currently preserved at the National Historical Museum of Ukraine in Kyiv and the British Museum in London.[1] It is dated approximately to the 6th–7th centuries AD.

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One of the figurines found at the Martynivka Treasure depicting a person wearing an embroidered shirt
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Origin

Historians proposed different theories for the culture which this treasure could have belonged. The most popular hypothesis connects this hoard with Penkovka culture and Kolochin culture usually associated with the Antes.[2]

Description

The hoard includes four anthropomorphic silver figurines of 'dancing men' (Ukrainian newspapers sometimes refer to them as 'aliens' for their unusual appearance[3]), five animal figurines, three fibulas, a radiate-head brooch, six armlets, tiaras, ear rings, neck rings, buckles, belt-fittings and horse harnesses. The style of figurines is sometimes considered as influenced by Huns, Bulgars or Avars.[4]

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