English: Finds from the Lombard cemetery in front of the southern wall of the fort at Keszthely-Fenékpuszta

• Zala County, Hungary

In front of the southern wall of the fortress are several graveyards at which, in all, over 1000 graves from the late 4th to the second half of the 9th century have been excavated. Directly in front of the western part of the south wall is a large cemetery of early Keszthely culture (6th-7th centuries). On both sides of the southern gate directly in front of the wall is Carolingian era cemetery from the second half of the 9th century. At a remove of about 200 meters is a Migration Era grave field of the 5th century from which 21 skeletons with artificial cranial deformation have been recovered. The custom of cranial deformation was brought to Central Europe by the Huns.

Grave 2000/100 (left)
Burial of a woman, late 4^th to early 5^th century.
1. Finger ring of silver ribbon with ribbed decoration.
2. Pair of earrings, gold. On each ring a little basket with pendant was soldered. In the basket an inset almandine.

Grave 2000/120 (left, edge)
1. Neck ring (torque) of thin, turned bronze wire, with a semilunar pendant of rolled silver.
2. Arm band with snakehead ends, bronze.

Grave 1976-2/5
Burial of a woman, second half of the 5^th century
1. Pair of polyhedron-shaped earrings.
2. Silver arm ring.

Grave 1977-2/10 (rights)
Burial of a woman, second half of the 5^th century
1. Silver bow fibula pair of the 'Béndekpuszta Type', fire gilded.

• Photographed while on display from 22 August 2008 to 11 January 2009 in the exhibition "Die Langobarden. Das Ende der Völkerwanderung" at the Rheinisches LandesMuseum Bonn. On loan from the Balatoni Múzeum Keszthely.