Gold pendants from Kranj and Koper (Slovenia)
Journal: Vjesnik Arheološkog muzeja u Zagrebu
Year: 2021

In this paper I discuss two gold pendants, from the Late Antique or Early Mediaeval Period, which are somewhat unique finds for Slovenian territory. The first pendant is from the Late Antique site of Kranj-Lajh (Carnium); it is leaf-shaped, and the chronologically older pendant of the two. The child grave in which this pendant was found is interpreted as belonging to an individual of the local Late Antique elite. The grave is notable also because some of the grave goods were made in the middle o