134 Hamburg-Wandsbek
This urn, decorated with incisions and stamps, comes from the Hinschenfelde district. A Saxon man or woman was buried in it 1,500 years ago. As early as 1889, this vessel came to the Museum für Völkerkunde (Museum of Ethnology), which was responsible for Hamburg's soil antiquities at the time.
Info: Showcase 134
Urn with Cremation
Age: 375 - 500 n. Chr. Migration period
Migration period: Today, the transitional period from Antiquity to the Middle Ages is usually defined as the time of the migrations of the peoples from the 4th to the 6th century and the associated confrontation of the Germanic peoples with the culture of Antiquity and Christianity. However, the penetration of Germanic tribes into the Roman Empire did not mean the complete demise of ancient culture and its social and economic structures, as older research claims. Where the Roman Empire had had a formative influence for centuries, the old structures, institutions and traditions remained partially intact.
Material: Ceramics, Human Bone
Location: HH-Hinschenfelde