The Barybinka treasure of the second half of the 1st - early 2nd centuries (preliminary publication)

The paper is a publication of a treasure of jewelry found as a result of illegal excavations near the village of Barybinka in the Tula region (Fig. 1: I, 1). It consists of around 1500 items made of silver, bronze and glass (Fig. 3-6). The excavations at the treasure findspot found that it had been hidden in an abandoned building at the site of the Upa 2 type (Fig. 1: III). The most high status objects (Fig. 3, 1-5, 7, 8) were made by forging with subsequent ornamentation with a punch. Such jewelry items are characteristic of the sites in the Upper and the Middle Oka region, they date to the middle of the 1st - first half of the 3rd centuries. The described treasure is an example of the most complete set of jewelry made in this style during the stage of its development.