THE T-SHAPED FIBULA OF THE EAST EUROPEAN CHAMPLEVE ENAMELS STYLE FROM SHEDIIEVE VILLAGE

Abstract

The article presents the T-shaped fibula of the East European champleve enamels style from Shediieve, tract Ihnativka (fig. 1) in Poltava region. Fragments of hand-made pottery and amphorae are revealed on a partly explored site. Ceramic assemblage is typical for the settlement of Late Zarubintsy sites of Kartamyshevo 2 and Ternovka 2 type.
 The fibula belongs to the later modifications — the third stage («degradation of style») according G. F. Korzukhina or «Kompaniitsi» phase according E. L. Gorohovsky. The closest analogy is the fibula from Nyzhnii Byshkin. Certain analogies (fig. 2) can be seen in the finds from the «territory of Ukraine», «Vasylkivsky» and «Kanivsky» districts, Svatkiv, Nagolny, Podgornoye II, Malik, Neyzats cemetery, crypt 480. Fibula from the crypt 480 of Neyzats cemetery dates to the second half — the end of the 4th century.
 The items with slots of the developed phase of style can be considered the prototypes of the find from Shediieve (fig. 3). These are fibulae from Duna, Kamunta, Hryhorivka and two from Bryansk hoard. Certain similar features can be seen in the T-shaped fibula from the Verkhnie Pohromne.
 Fibula of the East European champleve enamels style from Shediieve may be associated with the penetration of the people of Kyiv culture in the Cherniakhiv area. These processes are traced on the materials of settlements and cemeteries. The most complete catalog of such sites for the Middle Dnieper and the Dnieper Left Bank was compiled by N. S. Abashyna, A. M. Oblomskyi and R. V. Terpylovskyi (1999). This list can be supplemented by the settlement of Pereshchepyno 2 in Middle Vorskla and Dmytrivka III in Lower Psel. The same processes are associated with the discovery of T-shaped fibulae from the Kompaniitsi cemetery, burial 2, the hoard from Sukhonosivka / Postav-Muky and two bronze cast bracelets from Pliutentsi.