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Digital Object 1090
Description:
Breastplate made of a hammered gold and copper alloy in the form of a stylised butterfly in flight with an embossed central body. In the upper part of the plate there is one of the two or more holes for hanging or sewing that would have almost certainly been used to allow the piece to be worn. Conte Metallurgical Group The sheet, which is of a semicircular shape, has a slightly fusiform figure embossed on its central axis with a thickening of the upper middle part, which gives the pectoral a certain resemblance to a very stylized butterfly in flight. Its four wings would have been cast in two parts and the head, thorax and abdomen are condensed to form the fusiform element. It formed part of the funerary bundle of individual I7 of tomb T7 who wore a similar breastplate of a larger size (AU12020). At the El Caño archaeological site an even smaller one was found in tomb T2 (AU9380). MG
Conservation treatment:
 
It was found in a very poor state of conservation.
Date of field recording:
 
22/02/2015
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:
 
I07
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:
 
Breastplate
Measurements
Dimension 1:
 
height mm
=:
 
65
Dimension 2:
 
width mm
=:
 
150
Weight:
 
g
=:
 
25.2
Digital Object 1090
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