Double button B546

Small double button with central boss. The top plate is raised and decorated with ribs. The boss is long and has a round plate at the end. This description is based on a drawing in Rygh 1999 [1885], as the double button has not been placed in the museum magazines. Length: 2.5 cm. Photo: Svein Skare © University Museum in Bergen, CC BY-SA 4.0

Context:
Found in a mound at Reheia on Karmøy in 1844; we do not know which mound and there is no information about the burial. It was found together with gold leaf (B548) and cremated bones (B547).

Location:
Utvik, Karmøy, Rogaland

Date:
Early Bronze Age period 3