Fragmented, funnel-shaped belt plate (tutulus) with a conical, central boss. The fragments are glued together. There is a loop on the underside. The plate is flat and decorated with parallel lines alternating with rows of vertical parallel lines and triangles, while the boss is undecorated. The decoration is difficult to discern due to corrosion. The tutulus is green and heavily corroded. Width: 6.1 cm.
Found together with:
/b: Small, flat perforated disk or bead of gray slate. It is polished and the holes are conical. Width: 1.5 cm, and
/c: Retouched point in gray flint. The base is concave; one of the sides is convex. The versal and dorsal sides have not been worked, while the sides are finely retouched. Length: 6.3 cm
Photo: Svein Skare
Location:
Nese, Klepp, Rogaland
Context:
Found in an unburnt burial in a mound, in the same chamber as belt plate B3578, while the chamber was being demolished. The tutulus was found together with a flint point at the bottom of the western side of the cist, while a small perforated slate disc, or bead, was found at the widest end of the cist.
Date:
The tutulus is dated to the Early Bronze Age period 2-3.