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Digital Object 1072
Description:
Figurative cast gold pendant in the shape of a female swimming crab. It is a naturalistic representation, although very simplified due to the small size of the pendant. It has two rings behind the cephalothorax for suspension. Conte style.
The figure is very compact, emphasizing the cephalothorax, which is smooth and trapezoidal, from where three pairs of ambulatory legs come out to the sides and one to the front. At the front is the face with two round eyes protruding to the sides, a cast pair of antennae pointing upwards, and two pairs of buccal appendages. At the other end, the abdomen is unfolded and round indicating that it is a female. The last pair of legs (the swimming ones) are missing, which are smaller and flatter and can be hidden by the abdomen.
MG
It was found next to a group of 11 tubular beads (20 mm long -1.5 mm in diameter), 16 discoidal (2 of which are 7 mm diameter 4 mm in height, 14 of which are 5mm in diameter and 2 mm in height, and 2 mm in diameter and 1 mm in height), and biconical (3 mm in diameter and 4 mm in length). These measurements are for reference only. Only one bead of each type was measured.
JM
Excavation campaign:
 
2013
Record type:
 
Metal artifacts
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Archaeological site:
 
El Caño
Operation:
 
Operation 1
Stratigraphic group:
 
Tomb 2
Stratigraphic unit type:
 
Interment
Stratigraphic unit (finds):
 
134
Individual´s funerary attire:
 
I09-I10
Calibrated Age Range:
 
Cal AD 900 to 1020 (Cal BP 1050 to 930)
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Artifacts
Metal artifacts:
 
Pendant
Measurements
Dimension 1:
 
height mm
=:
 
8
Dimension 2:
 
width mm
=:
 
7
Dimension 3:
 
depth mm
=:
 
6.5
Weight:
 
g
=:
 
1.9
Digital Object 1072
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