Muzej grada Kaštela


ARCHEOLOGY   DEPARTMENT
Employees:
Ivanka Kamenjarin, a senior curator, the head of this department
Ivan Šuta, a curator and an archeologist
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MIDDLE AGE COLLECTION


9. A TILE

Site: St. Juraj of Radun, Kaštel Stari
Material: bronze
Dating: 13th century
Dimensions: 25 x 20 mm

Description: Seven bronze metal tiles bearing the same motif. They were made in technique of pressing into the matrix. In the middle of every tile there is a floral motive – a lily. The tile is framed. There are small holes for fastening on the edges. Sewed to leather or textile bow they could have been a decorative forehead bow or ornament on the clothes.