Hassle
Hassle is a location at Örebro Municipality in Örebro County, Sweden. It was the site of the discovery of the Hassle treasure. [1]
Hassle Treasure
The Hassle treasure (Hassleskatten) was found at Hassle in the parish of Glanshammar during 1936. The artifacts consist of a large bronze cauldron which contained two Bronze Age swords of the Hallstatt type, a pommel of bronze, two bronze buckets with ciste a cordoni, two small hooks of bronze and twelve large circular bronze plates with fittings of iron. All of the items were imported. The cauldron belongs to a special kind of cultic cauldrons usually found in Italy and Greece, while the buckets are of a kind found in southern and central Europe. The artifacts are now at the Swedish History Museum in Stockholm with a copy is on display at Örebro Lans Museum. The burial ground at Hassle has the RAÄ number Glanshammar 54: 1.[2]
References
- "Hassle nr 1". Riksantikvarieämbetet. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
- "Hassleskatten från Glanshammars socken" (PDF). Örebro Läns museum. Retrieved September 1, 2020.