Buckles Showing “Shining” Cross on the Shield from the South-Western Crimea
Journal: Античная древность и средние века
Year: 2025

Among the large buckles with rectangular shield and Christian symbols existing from the sixth and the first quarter of the seventh century among the Gothic-Alan population of the south-western Crimea, there were clasps showing stylized image of a “shining” cross. These artefacts clearly demonstrate the presence of two fundamentally different artistic and craft traditions: Byzantine and East German. The maker of the buckle was well acquainted with еру East German examples, from which he borrowed