The Tei culture was a

Bronze Age The Bronze Age () was a historical period characterised principally by the use of bronze tools and the development of complex urban societies, as well as the adoption of writing in some areas. The Bronze Age is the middle principal period of ...

archaeological culture located in southern

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and northern

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, dating from c. 2000 BC to the 14th century BC. It was preceded by the Glina-Schneckenberg culture and succeeded by the Noua-Coslogeni culture, and was contemporary with the related Monteoru culture.

Discoveries

A hoard consisting of eleven gold daggers, a gold 'sword-dagger', and four silver battle-axes was found in Perșinari, within the Tei cultural area, dating from the 17th to 16th centuries BC. Two similar gold daggers (or halberds) were also found nearby at

Măcin Măcin () is a town in Tulcea County, in the Northern Dobruja region of Romania. Location Măcin is located in the north-western part of the Northern Dobruja region, in Tulcea County. The city is located at the intersection of the DN22 ( E87) an ...

, along with a pair of gold bracelets similar to bracelets from the

Únětice culture The Únětice culture, Aunjetitz culture or Unetician culture (, , , ) is an archaeological culture at the start of the Central European European Bronze Age, Bronze Age, dated roughly to about 2300–1600BC. The eponymous site for this culture, t ...

. The daggers (or halberds) and sword-dagger are related in shape to contemporary specimens from

Mycenaean Greece Mycenaean Greece (or the Mycenaean civilization) was the last phase of the Bronze Age in ancient Greece, spanning the period from approximately 1750 to 1050 BC.. It represents the first advanced and distinctively Greek civilization in mainla ...

. Gold and silver weapons are also known from other parts of Europe in the same period, such as a gold axe from Tufalau (Romania) belonging to the

Wietenberg culture The Wietenberg culture was a Bronze Age Europe, Middle Bronze Age archeological culture in central Romania (Prehistory of Transylvania, Transylvania) that roughly dates to 2200–1600/1500 BCE. Representing a local variant of Usatove culture, ...

, a gold axe from Dieskau (Germany) belonging to the

, a gold dagger from Inowrocław (Poland) belonging to the Iwno culture, and a gold dagger and silver axe from Mala Gruda (Montenegro) belonging to the

Cetina culture The Cetina culture is the name for the culture of the inhabitants of the Middle Dalmatian coast, and especially its hinterland, during the early Bronze Age (c. 1900-1600 BC), or, according to Paul Reineck's chronology (c. 2200–1500 BC). It is ...

or late

Vučedol culture The Vučedol culture (Croatian: ''Vučedolska kultura'') flourished between 3000 and 2200 BC (the Chalcolithic period of earliest copper-smithing and arsenical bronze-smithing), centered in Syrmia and eastern Slavonia on the right bank of the Dan ...

Gallery

File:Età del bronzo, punta di lancia o pugnale d'oro, XVII sec. ac. 05.JPG, Gold sword-dagger from Perșinari File:Età del bronzo, punta di lancia o pugnale d'oro, XVII sec. ac. 02.JPG, Gold dagger from Perșinari File:Età del bronzo, punta di lancia o pugnale d'oro, XVII sec. ac. 00.JPG, Gold daggers from Perșinari File:Età del bronzo, punta di pugnale d'oro, da macin, XVII-XVI sec. ac..JPG, Gold daggers or halberds from Măcin

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Prestige Artefacts during the Bronze Age: The Perşinari Hoard and the Precious Metal Weapons in the Area between the Middle Danube and Mesopotamia
Archaeological cultures of Europe Bronze Age cultures of Europe Archaeological cultures in Bulgaria Archaeological cultures in Romania {{Romania-archaeology-stub

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