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Amber beads
Object Number 40-77-40/12472
Display Title Amber beads
Descriptions
Object Description Numerous amber beads: 25 tubular (1.7 x 1.2 cm., largest; 0.8 x 0.6 cm., smallest); 7 disk-shaped, drilled lengthwise (1.3 x 0.5 cm., largest; 0.9 x 0.6 cm., smallest); 4 spherical (0.8 cm. diameter); 1 axe-shaped (1 x 1 cm.)
Inventory Description Ground stone amber beads, tubular, discoidal, spherical, 1 triangular
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Tubular Bead
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Late Iron Age
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Europe / Slovenia / <State> / <County> / <City> / Vinica
Intrasite Grave 307
Materials Amber
Dimensions Overall: 1.7 x 1.2 x 1.2 cm (11/16 x 1/2 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity 46
Label on object 40-77-40/12472
Provenance
Provenance Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg (1906)

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