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Object Number 40-77-40/10444
Display Title Button
Descriptions
Object Description Numerous bronze buttons: 57 are large, shield-shaped (1.8 cm. diameter); 465 are medium-sized (1.1 cm.); 73 are small (0.8 cm.); 110 are very small (0.6 cm.). Some of the fragments in this grave (40-77-40/10443) suggest that there may have been some large buttons without bosses.
Inventory Description Metal, personal, buttons, discoidal, loop in back, assorted sizes
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Button
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Late Iron Age
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Europe / Slovenia / <State> / <County> / <City> / Vinica
Intrasite Grave 43a
Materials Bronze
Dimensions Overall: 1.8 x 1.7 x 0.6 cm (11/16 x 11/16 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity 735
Label on object 40-77-40/10444
Provenance
Provenance Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg (1906)

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