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Amber beads
Object Number 40-77-40/12059
Display Title Amber beads
Descriptions
Object Description Numerous amber beads. 6 tubular, 1 flattened (2 x 1.7 x 1.3 cm.), 1 (1.5 x 1.1 cm.), 4 small (0.9 x 0.7 cm.); 66 disk-shaped (largest 2.8 x 1.7 cm.); 170 disk-shaped (largest 1.9 x 1.3 cm.); 36 disk-shaped (largest: 0.9 x 0.6 cm.); 1 well-carved disk (2.2 x 1 cm.), drilled through its thickness w/ 5 holes, 1 central, the other 4 evenly spaced around.
Inventory Description Ground stone amber beads, discoidal, spherical and tubular
Classification
  • Discoidal Bead
  • Raw Material
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Late Iron Age
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Europe / Slovenia / <State> / <County> / <City> / Vinica
Intrasite Grave 248
Materials Amber
Dimensions Overall: 2.2 x 2.2 x 3.1 cm (7/8 x 7/8 x 1 1/4 in.)
Quantity 280
Label on object 40-77-40/12059
Provenance
Provenance Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg (1906)

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