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Digital Object 1098
Description:
Gold breastplate in the shape of a stylized butterfly in flight. It has four perforations, to allow it to be hung or sewn to clothing, in the upper part of the plate. Conte Metallurgical Group
From an embossed central axis consisting of two strips joined together and separated in the centre, leaving a fusiform space, the shape of the plate suggests a pair of concave semicircular wings, which gives the piece a certain resemblance to a very stylised butterfly in flight. Its four wings would have been cast in twos. The head, thorax and abdomen are condensed into a fusiform element surrounded by two bands which when they surpass the upper part could suggest the antennae of the animal. This piece forms part of the funerary bundle of individual I7 of tomb T7. Within the El Caño archaeological site, in the same tomb, there is another similar pectoral belonging to the same individual (AU12023), and another smaller one in tomb T2 (AU9380).
MG
Date of field recording:
 
26/02/2015
Excavation campaign:
 
2015
Record type:
 
Metal artifacts
Context-based browsing of El Caño repository
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
=:
 
82
Dimension 2:
 
width mm
=:
 
160
Weight:
 
g
=:
 
50.1
Digital Object 1098
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