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Digital Object 945
Description:
Small gold breastplate in the shape of a stylized butterfly with four holes to hang or sew on the upper part of the plate. The vertical band, embossed on the central vertical axis of the piece, and its general shape, suggest a pair of semicircular wings and it produces a certain resemblance to a very stylized butterfly.
MG
Date of field recording:
 
10/05/2011
Excavation campaign:
 
2011
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:
 
I07
Calibrated Age Range:
 
Cal AD 900 to 1020 (Cal BP 1050 to 930)
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Artifacts
Metal artifacts:
 
Breastplate
Measurements
Dimension 1:
 
height mm
=:
 
25
Dimension 2:
 
width mm
=:
 
46.5
Weight:
 
g
=:
 
3
Digital Object 945
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