page_title: Celts in Transylvania
section_title: Other Celtic art objects
hierarchical_section_title: Celts in Transylvania / Celtic art in Transylvania / Other Celtic art objects
caption_attribution_description: English: A wheeled cauldron (German Kesselwagen) found at Orăştie (Transylvania region, Romania) in 19th century. It is drawn by teams of swans / water-birds, used as a crematory urn during the later Celtic Bronze Age ritual in ancient Western Dacia (prehistoric Romania) Dated: Bronze Age.
context_page_description: The appearance of Celts in Transylvania can be traced to the later La Tène period.
  Excavation of the great La Tène necropolis at Apahida, Cluj County, by S. Kovacs at the turn of the 20th century revealed the first evidence of Celtic culture in Romania. The 3rd–2nd century BC site is remarkable for its cremation burials and chiefly wheel-made funeral vessels.
  A historical timeline of the Celts of Transylvania can be derived from archaeological finds at La Tène, but there are almost no ancient records that allow reconstruction of political events in the area. The Celts exercised politico-military rule over Transylvania between the 4th and 2nd century BC and brought with them a more advanced iron-working technology. They were also responsible for the spread of the potter's wheel into a much wider area than the one they occupied.
context_section_description: A wheeled cauldron or Kesselwagen, used as a crematory urn during the later Celtic Bronze Age ritual assemblage, was found at Orăştie, Romania. This one is notionally drawn by teams of water-birds.
  A coin type from Ciumesti shows a warrior wearing a wild boar crest on his helmet 
  The Dacian war trumpet, as shown on the Roman Emperor Trajan's Column at Rome 116 AD, is a Celtic-style carnyx.
caption: The wheeled cauldron or Kesselwagen Orăştie, Romania, used as a crematory urn, during the later Celtic Bronze Age. It is drawn by water-birds[45]
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