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Object Number
40-77-40/11196
Display Title
Soil
Descriptions
Object Description
Soil with remains of numerous bronze buttons, spiralled bronze beads, chain, leather, and glass or quartz fragments. The buttons are small (0.6 cm. diameter) and may be related to the others from this grave (40-77-40/11197). There are at least 450 buttons, about a dozen still embedded in scraps of perforated leather. The spiral beads total at least 3 x 0.5 cm.; total area at least 10 x 6 cm.
Inventory Description
Metal, personal, buttons, hemispherical with loop in back, some embedded in soil
Classification
- Button
- Raw Material
Department
Archaeological
Culture
- Late Iron Age
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Europe
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Slovenia
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<State>
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<County>
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<City>
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Vinica
Intrasite
Grave 145
Materials
Bronze, Soil, Leather, Quartz?, Glass?
Dimensions
Overall: 5 x 4.2 x 2.5 cm (1 15/16 x 1 5/8 x 1 in.)
Quantity
450+
Label on object
40-77-40/11196
Provenance
Provenance
Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg
(1906)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40-77-40/12241 | Button |
Button
Raw Material |
Vinica
| |
| 40-77-40/10380 | Button |
Button
Raw Material |
Vinica
| |
| 40-77-40/9638 | Button |
Button
Raw Material |
Slovenia
| |
| 40-77-40/12317 | Button |
Raw Material
Button |
Vinica
| |
| 40-77-40/11758 | Button |
Button
Raw Material |
Vinica
| |
| 40-77-40/12170 | Belt |
Button
Raw Material |
Vinica
| |
| 40-77-40/11768 | Button |
Button
Raw Material |
Vinica
| |
| 40-77-40/10285 | Button |
Raw Material
Button |
Vinica
| |
| 40-77-40/12533 | Button |
Raw Material
Button |
Vinica
| |
| 40-77-40/11369 | Button |
Button
Raw Material |
Vinica
| |
| 40-77-40/10707 | Button |
Raw Material
Button |
Vinica
| |
| 40-77-40/12371 | Button |
Raw Material
Button |
Vinica
|