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Mramorac belts

{{Short description|Thracian accessories}}

The Mramorac belts were Iron Age Mramorac style luxurious silver and gold belts used in ceremonial and religious aspects by the prominents of Triballi,{{cite web |url=http://www.sgi.co.rs/html/003/00314.html |title=SciTech - April - Arheologija |accessdate=2009-10-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090918163022/http://www.sgi.co.rs/html/003/00314.html |archivedate=2009-09-18 }} a Thracian tribe then inhabiting the Pcinja District of southern Serbia and western Bulgaria. The belts are characterized by special patterns, including anthropomorphic, Zoomorphic and Swastika symbolism.

The type is named after Mramorac, a place in Serbia.

Serbia

In 2004, the Serbian National Museum acquisited two silver belts.

  • 10 silver belts were found in Batinac, dating to 5th century BC{{cite journal |last1=Stojić |first1=Milorad |title=Zwei neue Gürtel aus Edelmetall vom Typ Mramorac aus Batinac in Serbien|trans-title=Two new Mramorac-type precious metal belts from Batinac in Serbia |journal=Praehistorische Zeitschrift |date=23 January 2007 |volume=82 |issue=1 |doi=10.1515/PZ.2007.003 |s2cid=162385639 |language=de |issn=0079-4848}}
  • 2 gilded silver belts of Myriad motifs were found in Batinac, dating to 5th century BC
  • 2 silver belts, found in Vinča, 5th century BC{{cite web |url=http://scindeks.nb.rs/article.aspx?artid=0436-11059643005V |title=SCIndeks - Članak |accessdate=2009-10-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110826205731/http://scindeks.nb.rs/article.aspx?artid=0436-11059643005V |archivedate=2011-08-26 }}
  • Silver belts, with Meander patterns, found at the Morava valley, Iron Age{{cite journal |last1=Stojic |first1=Milorad |title=Hisar in Leskovac at the end of the early iron age |journal=Starinar |date=2007 |issue=57 |pages=175–189 |doi=10.2298/STA0757175S|doi-access=free |url=http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0350-0241/2007/0350-02410757175S.pdf |access-date=1 December 2022 |language=en-us|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200313050152/http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0350-0241/2007/0350-02410757175S.pdf|archive-date=13 March 2020|url-status=live}}

North Macedonia

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Category:Collections of museums in Serbia

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