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Digital Object 1079
Description:
Cast gold pendant with three felines. Conte Metallurgical Group. The animals, which are in a crouching position, grasp with their four paws two bars that hold them together. The bar held in their forelimbs has three suspension rings. The heads of the figures have large mouths which display two rows of square teeth; flat noses on the sides of which are found, four pronounced whiskers like moustaches; round bulging eyes and rounded raised alert ears. The bodies are rounded in shape with a thick tail raised at the end. The paws have an irregular number of claws, between six and eight. MG
Date of field recording:
 
02/03/2015
Excavation campaign:
 
2015
Record type:
 
Metal artifacts
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Archaeological site:
 
El Caño
Operation:
 
Operation 1
Stratigraphic group:
 
Tomb 7
Stratigraphic unit type:
 
Interment
Stratigraphic unit (finds):
 
301
Individual´s funerary attire:
 
I04
Calibrated Age Range:
 
Cal AD 770 to 905 (Cal BP 1180 to 1045)/Cal AD 920 to 965 (Cal BP 1030 to 985)
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Artifacts
Metal artifacts:
 
Pendant
Measurements
Dimension 1:
 
lenght mm
=:
 
63
Dimension 2:
 
width mm
=:
 
70
Dimension 3:
 
height mm
=:
 
24
Weight:
 
g
=:
 
62.8
Digital Object 1079
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