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Object Number 40-77-40/11438
Display Title Amber beads
Descriptions
Object Description Numerous amber beads: 1 urn-shaped, with double "rim" (1.1 x 1 cm.); 1 tubular (0.8 x 0.6 cm.); 44 urn-shaped (1 x 0.7 cm., largest); 58 disk-shaped, cross-drilled like pendants (1.3 x 0.4 cm., largest); 1 (0.4 cm.); 173 disk-shaped, very delicately cross-drilled as above (1 x 0.3 cm.); 49 flat, square (1 x 0.3 cm.), drilled along width as above; 211 disk-shaped to spherical (0.6 cm).
Inventory Description Ground stone amber beads, discoidal and spherical
Classification
  • Discoidal Bead
  • Raw Material
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Late Iron Age
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Europe / Slovenia / <State> / <County> / <City> / Vinica
Intrasite Grave 182
Materials Amber
Dimensions Overall: 1.2 x 1.2 x 0.4 cm (1/2 x 1/2 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity 200+
Label on object 40-77-40/11438
Provenance
Provenance Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg (1906)

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