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View full screenDecorated v-perforated jet button from Harehope Cairn, Peeblesshire, 2200 - 1750 BC
X.2021.61.5
Early Bronze Age
Domed jet button, v-perforated on reverse; incised 'ladder' decoration on front in shape of four-armed cross; slightly angled ladder rungs and slightly expanding arms; incised line around circumference; reverse is scratched (rather than polished)
Harehope, Peeblesshire, Scotland, Northern Europe
Whitby, Yorkshire, England, Northern Europe
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