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ARCHEOLOGY   DEPARTMENT

Employees:
Ivanka Kamenjarin, senior curator, head of department
Ivan Šuta, senior curator
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MIDDLE AGE COLLECTION


5.
EARRINGS WITH PENDANTS

Site: Bijaći – Stombrate, the old-Croatian cemetery, grave No. 35
Material: bronze
Dating: 9th-10th century
Dimensions: links in diameter 25 mm, pendant length 24 mm
Description: Lower part of earring’s link is bent in 5 loops from which the pendants hang made of twisted wire as fringes, they are of unequal size. It was found in a grave no. 35 as a pair. One is made of thinner wire and the other of thicker one. They have a fastening system (the auricle and the hook). They are made of bronze. They are considered to be imported from Catania.