- Buta-ul
Buta-ul ("the son of Buta") was Avar noble, ruler of
Banat andBačka regions in the8th century .He buried a large treasure in northern Banat (near the present day village of
Nakovo inKikinda municipality,Serbia ). The treasure was excavated in1799 , and today it is kept inVienna cultural-historical museum.The treasure contain an inscription, which can tell us who was its owner: "The great župan Buta-ul, ruler of two Getian lands, Targorska and Eciska, and across the
Tisa ". The "great župan " (renderingveliki župan ) is a traditional Slavic ruler's title, while "Getian land" was a designation for present dayBanat . The land "across the Tisa" is obviously present dayBačka .The treasure was probably buried in
796 , when Pippin, the son of Frankish rulerCharlemagne , penetrated with his army into the centre of Avarcaganate near the river Tisa. Buta-ul probably buried his treasure in great hurry before the Frankish army arrived, since the treasure was buried only half metre deep in the ground.The people who excavated the treasure of Buta-ul in
1799 thought that it was a treasure ofAttila the Hun , but the research showed that treasure was Avar.Literature
* Milan Tutorov, "Banatska rapsodija - istorika Zrenjanina i Banata", Novi Sad, 2001.
ee also
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Banat
*Rulers of Vojvodina
*History of Vojvodina
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