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Belt buckle
501-700 A.D.
Museo de Jaén
Jaén, Spain
CE/DA00801. The belt buckle is made of bronze. It is a rigid flat piece with bird-shaped perforations within a frame decorated with vegetal motifs. The birds have a long neck and their beaks face downwards. The hinge of the buckle presents two more birds, facing each other, with a tree of life standing between them. The end of the fastener represents the head of a dog (Fernández-Chicarro 1954; Pinedo andMartínez 1955).
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Details
- Title: Belt buckle
- Date Created: 501-700 A.D.
- Location: Cerro Salido, La Guardia (Jaén)
- Physical Dimensions: Length = 9.3 cm; Width=3.3 cm; Maximum thickness=1.6 cm
- Medium: Bronze
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