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Pondera BL018 amber distaff

Catalogue number Pondera BL018 Holding institution Pieve di Cadore, Museo Archeologico Description Distaff made of 20 cylindrical amber beads, mounted on a bronze shaft; the diameter of the top measures 1.9 cm, while the shaft tapers towards the bottom (1.3 cm at the top; 1.1 cm at the bottom).
Context
Site Valle di Cadore Context Valle di Cadore, loc. Rusecco Excavation year 1973
Details
Type distaff Dimensions L. 200 mm Material amber Preservation state fragment
Remarks
Found in association with Roman cups and unguentaria from the 1st-2nd century AD, Roman carpentry tools, gaming pieces, bronze finger rings, one of which with an oval bezel from the early 1st century AD, silver and bronze B-shaped earrings, 6 Aucissa-type fibulae, profiled arch fibulae, armlets, a painted ceramic askos in the shape of a ram with an inscription on the base (Augustan period). Examined first-hand. Unpublished.
Recorded by A. Tricomi Year of study 2012