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Prechristian cross on jet buttons and rings

4 Jet buttons and rings
Jet was obtained from the eastern coast of North Yorkshire, where lumps of it could be seen eroding out of the cliffs. It needs skilled working if it is not to lose its intense black color. Both of these sets of ornaments were found in graves, one of which was certainly male. They were probably dress fastenings.

Copper Age/Early Bronze Age
about 2300-2000 BC
Thwing and Rudston, East Yorkshire, England

Presented by Canon W. Greenwell
PE 1879,1209.660-61; 1879,1209.1053-55

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Prechristian cross on jet buttons and rings
Taken on  Monday 17th of August 2015
Device: OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP.
Model: SP800UZ
Genre:  2300 - 2000 B.C.
Source:  London, United Kingdom
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