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Object Number 40-77-40/10880
Display Title Amber beads
Descriptions
Object Description Numerous amber beads. Two are very small: 0.4 cm. (diameter); One is large, tubular, but fragmentary (1.4 x 1.4 cm.); One is moderate-sized tubular (1.5 x 1 cm.) with some string still caught in the hole; Seventy-five are disk-shaped: 0.9 cm. (diameter).
Inventory Description Ground stone amber beads, discoidal and spherical
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Discoidal Bead
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Late Iron Age
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Europe / Slovenia / <State> / <County> / <City> / Vinica
Intrasite Grave 108
Materials Amber
Dimensions Overall: 1.5 x 1.5 x 1.3 cm (9/16 x 9/16 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity 79
Label on object 40-77-40/10880
Provenance
Provenance Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg (1906)

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