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Ring, sun
Object Number 40-77-40/12021
Display Title Ring, sun
Descriptions
Object Description Bronze sun ring with seventeen rays. Found with five other similar objects (40-77-40/12022-12026). All are crudely cast, but this one has several rays running together. 3.8 cm. (diameter)
Inventory Description Metal, personal, ring, sun-shaped, crudely cast, some rays fused together
Classification
  • Ornament
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Late Iron Age
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Europe / Slovenia / <State> / <County> / <City> / Vinica
Intrasite Grave 243
Materials Bronze
Dimensions Overall: 3.8 x 3.8 x 0.3 cm (1 1/2 x 1 1/2 x 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 40-77-40/12021
Provenance
Provenance Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg (1906)

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Ring, sun
40-77-40/11730 Ring, sun
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40-77-40/11731 Ring, sun
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40-77-40/11729 Ring, sun
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40-77-40/12025 Ring, sun
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