Catalogue numberPondera BL018Holding institutionPieve di Cadore, Museo ArcheologicoDescriptionDistaff 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
SiteValle di CadoreContextValle di Cadore, loc. RuseccoExcavation year1973
Details
TypedistaffDimensions
L.
200
mm
MaterialamberPreservation statefragment
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 Unpublished.