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Object Number 34-25-40/8354
Display Title Bead
Descriptions
Object Description Amber bead, including 5 large flat beads redrilled as pendants (1.5-3.1 cm., diameter) and 1 very large hemispherical bead redrilled as a pendent (4.6 cm., diameter) that was sawed in half in antiquity.
Inventory Description Raw material, amber, beads, various sizes, shapes
Classification
  • Raw Material
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Early Iron Age
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Europe / Slovenia / <State> / <County> / <City> / Magdalenska Gora
Intrasite Tumulus IV, grave 62
Materials Amber
Dimensions Overall: 1.8 x 4.5 x 4.5 cm (11/16 x 1 3/4 x 1 3/4 in.)
Quantity 50+
Provenance
Provenance Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg (1908)

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