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Carved amber beads
Object Number 40-77-40/11312
Display Title Carved amber beads
Descriptions
Object Description Several well-carved amber beads; 3 are tubular and ribbed (11x.5 cm.); 2 are disk-shaped and fluted (1x.6 cm.); 1 is large, lozenge-shaped, and decorated with lengthwise ribbonry (2.1x1.4 cm.); 1 is disk-shaped (.4 cm.); 1 is tubular (.5x.3cm.); 2 are fragmentary, but also well-carved.
Inventory Description Ground stone amber beads, tubular, spherical and ring shaped, incised
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Tubular Bead
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Late Iron Age
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Europe / Slovenia / <State> / <County> / <City> / Vinica
Intrasite Grave 161
Materials Amber
Dimensions Overall: 2.2 x 1.3 x 1.2 cm (7/8 x 1/2 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity 14
Label on object 40-77-40/11312
Provenance
Provenance Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg (1906)

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