Foto: Svein Skare © Universitetsmuseet i Bergen, CC BY-SA 4.0

Decorated belt plate with central, conical boss. The edge is damaged, and the loop on the back is broken. The boss is decorated with horizontal parallel ribs, while the plate has parallel lines around the edge, a belt of large running spirals, a belt of parallel lines followed by a belt of smaller running spirals, and parallel lines. There are vertical parallel lines and zigzags around the base of the boss. The decoration is weak due to corrosion. Width: 14.2 cm. B3322/a.

Two ribbed bracelets, with nine ribs and straight ends. Every second rib has small parallel lines that slope either to the left or to the right. One of the bracelets is broken in several places; the fragments are glued together. Golden-red with some corrosion, otherwise the bracelets are well preserved. Width: 7 cm across, the bands measure 3.8 cm. B3322/b.

Fibula with cross-headed pin head and a bow with spiral ends. It is heavily corroded. Length: 9.4 cm. B3322/c.

Location:
Særheim, Klepp, Rogaland

Context:
Found in a burial in a mound, with a diameter of c. 26 m. The mound was excavated by Bendixen in 1879, and the excavation revealed a complex arrangement. The inner mound was surrounded by a narrow ditch and what appears to have been a kerb or terrace, about 2.5 m wide. There was a central cairn, 14 m across and covered by a thin layer of soil, with a layer of stone on top and finally a layer of turf. The stone layer was up to 3.5 m thick. The inner cairn covered two smaller cairns that each contained a stone cist. The smallest cist measured 1 m and was built from slabs. It contained charcoal and cremated bones. The second cist was found in the centre of the mound; it measured 2 m, the sides were built of small flat slabs while the ends were two large stones with flat sides. The bottom was covered by small round pebbles. The belt plate was found in the centre, with a bracelet on both sides, while the fibula was found in one corner of the cist, to the right of where the head would have been. Thus the artefacts were placed in an anatomically correct position .

Date:
The collection is dated to the Early Bronze Age period 2.