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Object Number 40-77-40/13757
Display Title Amber beads
Descriptions
Object Description Amber beads: 10 lozenge- or barrel-shaped (0.8-1.5 cm.); 16 round, flat (0.4-1.2 cm.); 5 discus-shaped, perforated through center, of which 3 also perforated across top (2.1-4.7 cm.); 11 flat with concave sides, perforated through center and across top (10 @ 1.5 cm.; 1 @ 2.9 cm.); 1 double-concave (3.6 cm.) with bevelled edges and projecting collar around central hole, redrilled from edge to edge.
Inventory Description Ground stone beads, amber, discoidal, barrel-shaped, some re-drilled as pendants
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Discoidal Bead
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Early Iron Age
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Europe / Slovenia / <State> / <County> / <City> / Sticna
Intrasite Tumulus VI, grave 16
Materials Amber
Dimensions Overall: 4.6 x 2.9 x 1.8 cm (1 13/16 x 1 1/8 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity 46
Label on object 40-77-40/13757
Provenance
Provenance Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg (1913)

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